Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was a guest on the Dan Patrick Show and was asked when the last time was that he thought a team was targeting him. He mentioned last year’s game against the San Francisc0 49ers, when he played with a sprained ankle.
“I think when we played San Fran, I felt like there were some things going on, some extra,” Roethlisberger said. “I did have the ankle and I was playing, so maybe there was kind of a bullseye on there anyway.”
Even though Roethlisberger feels like the 49ers may have been targeting him, it doesn’t look like they were.
Mike Sando of ESPN.com went back and watched every Steelers offensive play from that game against the 49ers and didn’t see any evidence of opposing defenders going after his ankle.
In the end, only the 49ers defensive players know whether or not they were targeting his injured ankle. But if there isn’t any evidence on film, I don’t believe anything was going on.
Thanks to ProFootballTalk.com for the quotes.
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These damn QB’s cry over anything. And it is and insult to all the greats that made this game. Now days they are nothing more than pussies. They want all the money and don’t want to work for it. And if there were after Benji, no one more deserves it than him. Tell them all to take pacifier out and play the game. They are football players, it is a gladiators sport. Your suppose to get hit. *****
Travis King is a ******* tool. Reothlisberger is one of the toughest Quarterbacks the game has ever seen. If he thinks there was something extra, there probably was. He didn’t say fine anyone, ban anyone, or anything like that. He simply said that he thought the 49ers were actively trying to give him something extra. Reothlisberger could barely walk, and he played against one of the league’s best defenses. You’re trying to question his work-ethic? Are you ******* crazy or just stupid?