Cowher impressed with Roethlisberger

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Posted by Josh Katzowitz

The transformation of Ben Roethlisberger has been pretty extraordinary this season.

He entered training camp, and he didn’t know how his teammates would receive him after more offseason transgressions. He didn’t know how his fans would receive him after they gave him multiple chances to win them over. He just didn't know, and clearly, it worried him.

But he impressed his teammates by being personable and humbled at the same time, and thousands of Pittsburgh fans cheered him after his preseason practice.

Roethlisberger didn’t make much - if any - off-field noise this season, but on the field, he was his same old impressive self, throwing for 3,200 yards (in only 12 games because of his four-game suspension to open the year), 17 touchdowns and just five interceptions. Plus, he played with a broken nose and still managed to beat the Ravens.

In the year of Brett Favre, Michael Vick, Rex Ryan and the upcoming labor dispute, Roethlisberger has almost gone unnoticed. Except for when he’s accomplishing positive goals – like getting engaged or being named the team’s good guy by the Pittsburgh beat writers.

Today, I asked his former coach and current CBS analyst Bill Cowher what he thought about Roethlisberger’s impressive recovery.

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I still remember near the end of SB XL, when the game was pretty much over and Cowher playfully shoved Ben away during a timeout. Good moment between the young QB and the grizzled veteran coach finally winning the big one.