For almost 20 years, Ben Roethlisberger was the Pittsburgh Steelers’ franchise quarterback. From his first season, he helped elevate them to Super Bowl contenders. However, he wasn’t the only quarterback that the Steelers had on their roster. Byron Leftwich, a former first-round pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars, had two separate stints with the Steelers. The first came in 2008, with the second being from 2010 to 2012. Roethlisberger recently explained how Leftwich’s first time in Pittsburgh brought some tension.
“We were relatively cool with each other before, just because we were only a year apart. We both played in the MAC,” Roethlisberger said Tuesday on his podcast, Footbahlin’ with Ben Roethlisberger.