Tomlin: Roethlisberger will talk soon
By Scott Brown, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said today that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will speak to reporters sooner rather than later.
Roethlisberger, who practiced again today, has not fielded questions since getting accused of sexual assault on March 5 in Milledgeville, Ga.
Roethlisberger did not get charged in connection with the incident but commissioner Roger Goodell suspended the two-time Super Bowl winner for the first six games of the 2010 season.
Goodell cleared Roethlisberger to return to practice late last week.
"He will address the media at an appropriate time in the near future," Tomlin said of Roethlisberger after practice.
Roethlisberger ran the first-team offense again today as a cluster of reporters watched from just outside of the Steelers' practice facility.
Tomlin said Roethlisberger and second-year man Dennis Dixon could get more work than Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch in the Steelers' four remaining offseason practices.
Roethlisberger has only participated in four offseason practices because of his suspension. Tomlin said Dixon needs more practice repetitions than Leftwich and Batch because he is not nearly as experienced as the two veterans, who have started 99 NFL games between them.
Leftwich has gotten most of the work with the first-team during offseason drills and appears to have the inside track to the No. 1 job while Roethlisberger is suspended.
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