Steelers Notebook: Roethlisberger's new address part of his image overhaul?
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Mike Tomlin gathers the team around him at the end of practice Wednesday. It was the final day for two-a-day practices this week as the team prepares for Saturday night's preseason opener vs. Detroit at Heinz Field. -
Somewhere inside the helmet and behind all the extras is Hines Ward before the start of Wednesday's afternoon practice at Saint Vincent College.
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Ben Roethlisberger no longer lists Findlay as his hometown and instead now "hails" from a town in Ohio that does not really exist.
Talk about trying to put your past behind you.
The quarterback enthusiastically called Findlay, Ohio, home since the Steelers drafted him in 2004. But he has made a revision. His hometown is now listed as Cory Rawson, Ohio, in the Steelers' media guide and all of their rosters, at Roethlisberger's request.
Why the change? Roethlisberger will only say that he did not actually live in Findlay, but went to Findlay High School. Rawson, Ohio, also in Hancock County, is 10 miles from Findlay. There is no Cory Rawson, Ohio, nor is there a Cory, Ohio, but there is a Mt. Cory which makes up part of the Cory-Rawson school district.
It may be yet another way, even if it is subtle, for Roethlisberger to try to make changes and move forward.
• Game: Steelers vs. Detroit Lions in the preseason opener, Heinz Field.
• When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
• TV: KDKA.
• The skinny: The Steelers are 110-96-1 all-time in the preseason.
Linebacker James Harrison believes linebacker Lawrence Timmons will have a better 2010 than he did in 2009 for one big reason: He'll know what he's doing.
"We all expect a better year out of him," Harrison said. "Last year he was doing some things that were just learning things, knowing where he was supposed to be when certain plays are run. He was out of position a lot more than we were used to seeing at that position."
They were used to seeing Larry Foote play there. Foote fled to the Detroit Lions last season when he realized he would lose his starting job at inside linebacker to Timmons. He's back now and being paid like a starter to back up Timmons and James Farrior.
First Published August 12, 2010 12:00 am
