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“Footbahlin’ with Ben Roethlisberger”, Episode 128



Getting cut is brutal. Getting cut on “Hard Knocks” is a whole different kind of pain. Roosevelt “Rosie” Nix sits down with us to tell the parts of his story most fans never hear, from being labeled “too small” out of Ohio, to choosing Kent State because the coaches believed in him first, and how that early trust shaped everything that came next.

We talk about Rosie’s roots as a defensive lineman, why sacks were always the goal, and how he trained for the NFL as an “athlete” while teams projected him at linebacker, fullback, or anywhere he could help. Then we get into the hard turn: Atlanta, cameras, learning an entirely new offensive language, and a cut that sent him back home to teach at his high school while he kept training for a second chance that was not guaranteed.

That second chance shows up in Pittsburgh, and it comes with a twist. Rosie breaks down what it’s like to be told by Mike Tomlin, in a quick locker room moment, that you’re switching again and you have seconds to decide.
We dig into special teams as a career lifeline, the core four phases, why kickoff coverage became his stage, and how belief plus relentless work can turn a “role player” into someone teams actually game plan for. We also catch up on life after football, mental health, and Rosie’s new chapter in franchising with Playa bowls.




You can watch all of the episodes at Channel Seven!


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By |May 12th, 2026|
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Happy Mother’s Day!

“A mother is clothed with strength and dignity, laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks her words are wise and she gives instructions with kindness.” — Proverbs 31:25-26.





“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.” — Rudyard Kipling.




“All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” – Abraham Lincoln.





“If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” —Stevie Wonder.



“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” – Princess Diana.





“My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.” — Michael Jordan.



“It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace.” — Christopher Morley.




“It’s not easy being a mother. If it were, fathers would do it.” — Dorothy Zbornak, ‘The Golden Girls’.



Wishing all of our Steelers Nation Mothers & Grandmothers a wonderful day!



By |May 10th, 2026|
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“Footbahlin’ with Ben Roethlisberger”, Episode 127

The Steelers draft weekend gave us a perfect excuse to do two things at once: take you inside what Pittsburgh felt like when the NFL rolled into town, and then go straight into a real Steelers draft breakdown with no sugarcoating. Ben shares the Thursday night scene, the security maze, the green room surprises, and the kind of Terry Bradshaw interaction you only get when football feels like family. From there we get into the picks, the wide receiver twist right before the Steelers were on the clock, and why the offensive line decision is either going to look brilliant or brutal depending on how fast the rookie is ready.

Then Max Starks steps into the basement and the stories go deep fast. We talk the 2004 draft class, the phone call from Bill Cowher, and what it’s like to land in Pittsburgh when you thought you were headed somewhere else. Max takes us back through Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl XLIII with the details only an offensive lineman can give, from snow football memories to the final-drive reality of stress, leverage, and trust. If you’ve ever wondered how a quarterback scramble changes protection or why holding calls aren’t always on the blocker, Max explains it in plain language.

We also connect it to today: Steelers team-building priorities, whether trading up makes sense, how the Aaron Rodgers situation could be more than a simple yes or no, and why building the trenches still matters most. We even zoom out into NIL and the transfer portal to talk about how it’s reshaping college football development and what that means for the NFL pipeline. Subscribe, share this with a Steelers fan, and leave a review if you want more conversations like this. Which draft pick or Super Bowl moment do you still argue about?





Follow the guys on Channel Seven during the off-season!


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By |April 28th, 2026|
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22 Years Ago Today

April 24, 2004 – With the 11th pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers select…


“I was in New York. I had my mom and dad with me, my sister was there and my agent. My college coach at the time and his wife were there. Everyone kind of had their speculations of ‘what number’ and what team. The teams we thought were going to take me didn’t, but it ended up working out perfectly for me.” — Ben, from the video, “Recalling Draft Day”.



Ben arrives at Madison Square Garden that Saturday morning with plenty of supporters in his corner – his family, his agents Leigh Steinberg and Ryan Tollner, and his college coach, Terry Hoeppner and his wife Jane.


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At 11:20AM: Ben and four others – Eli Manning, Roy Williams, Robert Gallery, and Kellen Winslow Jr. – are introduced to the crowd.


Green Room waiting –


• 12:25PM: NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue announces that the San Diego Chargers have selected Eli Manning with the No. 1 pick. Eli emerges from stage right and is greeted by unwelcoming chants by the Chargers fans in attendance.


• 12:58PM: NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue announces that the New York Giants have selected NC State quarterback Philip Rivers with the No. 4 pick. Soon thereafter the trade with the Chargers is announced – Eli Manning is headed to New York, Philip Rivers to San Diego. Both fan bases seem pleased with the outcome….as Ben waits for his turn.


• 1:57PM: Pittsburgh is on the clock. “We see Ben Roethlisberger on the phone,” ESPN announces for the television audience. Sure enough, it’s Steelers coach Bill Cowher calling to tell Ben the Steelers are going to select him with the No. 11 pick.


• 2:00PM: NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue announces that Ben is indeed headed for Pittsburgh. Ben arrives on stage and dons a Steelers ballcap and holds up a Steelers jersey.


• 2:01PM: The Steelers fans in the crowd begin to chant, “Ben, Ben, Ben….”


• 2:02PM: Just off stage, Ben does a press conference for television reporters and then disappears from the public room to do a few interviews with the Pittsburgh media.


• 2:43PM: Ben emerges from the players’ party room where a press conference with print media is set up. An ESPN media […]

By |April 24th, 2026|
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Pittsburgh Steelers Legends at the NFL Draft

“It’s an honor to be asked to do this. To be considered, to get a call from (Steelers vice president) Dan Rooney to ask me to do that means a lot. With the rich tradition and history of the players that have come before me, and I’ve gotten the pleasure to play with, to be included in that group is just humbling and it’s such an honor.

“It’s cool and on a couple of fronts. To be there at the Draft, to be on the North Shore, to be around Steelers Nation. It’s always something special, whether it’s in Ireland, here, wherever it is, it is always great to be where the black and gold faithful are. But the other cool part is to go back up onto a Draft stage. It has been since 2004 since I’ve been on a Draft stage like that and that environment. It is kind of nostalgic.” — Ben, from his interview with Teresa Varley.





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Photo: Mike Marchinsky (with Ben’s phone 📱😊)






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By |April 23rd, 2026|
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It’s Draft Day in Da Burgh!





By |April 23rd, 2026|
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