Ben Roethlisberger: Backups grateful for extra reps Published: Jun 07, 2018 at 03:04 AM Herbie Teope A family vacation kept quarterback away from the start of the team's organized team activities. Roethlisberger returned
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Andre Roberson Jersey worked with Randy for eight years now, so it's not like he's a new guy just coming in that work is nece sary. So, we've got a lot of same guys back on offense and a lot of the stuff is plays that we've been doing before a lot of guys got here, that I've been doing a long time." Outside of the voluntary nature of OTAs, the starting quarterback raised another valid point on the offseason workout program, where players are practicing without pads and in no-contact situations.
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