In the Pittsburgh Steelers first season without Ben Roethlisberger, the team has limped out to a 1-4 start. Roethlisberger wasn’t the same player he once was towards the end of his tenure with Pittsburgh, and on episode 7 of his Footbahlin’ podcast, he said his decision to retire came down to him knowing the Steelers didn’t want him back, and he couldn’t see himself in any other uniform.
“I knew that the Steelers didn’t want me back after I had one more year, so I knew that was it. So I knew my time in Pittsburgh was up, it was just a matter of did I want to go play somewhere else, and I couldn’t see myself in any other jersey.