Ben Roethlisberger, Maurkice Pouncey have Steelers' strongest bro-lationship
PITTSBURGH -- Ask Ben Roethlisberger about Maurkice Pouncey and the ribbing session begins, unprompted.
"We're not that close. Because he thinks he's really good. And he's just OK," said Roethlisberger from his locker. "Sometimes I wish Mike [Pouncey] was here."
All this is said for Pouncey to overhear from his locker, which is two stalls down from Roethlisberger's corner setup.
"Hey, Mike's gonna love that s---, too," Pouncey said.
Eight years of huddles, snaps, text messages and dinners make moments like this feel routine for the Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback and center.
Or, as Roethlisberger calls it, "being us."
"We rip each other a little bit, but there's a lot of love there," Roethlisberger said.
The Steelers' colorful offense has the game's best receiver (Antonio Brown), most disgruntled receiver (Martavis Bryant), most relentless back (Le'Veon Bell) and youngest player (JuJu Smith-Schuster). But at the core are Pouncey and Roethlisberger, two team leaders who are always together and use each other as sounding boards.
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