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It will be a sad when Ben Roethlisberger retires, but that day isn’t here yet

Don’t you just feel silly? I’m talking about this past offseason when you wanted Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to get on with his life’s work.

Why ask a genius in their field to leave before they’re ready? That just doesn’t make any sense, right?

Sam Darnold? Dwayne Haskins? Mason Rudolph? Some wet-behind-the-ears first-round draft pick? Why are so many people so quick to want to move on from Roethlisberger’s talents in favor of what those dudes could possibly bring to the Steelers’ offense? Just so they can say they’re right? I can see that. After all, we’re in an age where social media is omnipresent; to paraphrase the late Andy Warhol: “Everyone now gets their 15 minutes of hot takes and opinions.