December 10, 2021, 12:30am

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Not all season. Not to start a franchise with. One play, give me him over [Joe] Burrow, Herbert, Lamar.

“And I think it’s going to come down to that. I can’t quit the man, you’ve got to still have trust in number seven. I still believe in him.”

Roethlisberger, it seems can’t quit either. Many thought the 39-year-old grizzled veteran would go off the back of a chastening 48-37 playoff defeat at home to the Cleveland Browns last year, one which saw a visibly emotional Big Ben seemingly taking in his final moments as a Steeler when sat alone on the bench long after his team had left the field.

disconsolate Ben Roethlisberger pictured during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoff defeat to the Cleveland Browns last season