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Steelers club president Art Rooney made news earlier this offseason when he mentioned that Roethlisberger must "tweak" his game and avoid taking so many sacks as he approaches 30 years old. Combined with the change at OC, it looked like the Steelers wanted to transform Big Ben during this phase of his career. HC Mike Tomlin, speaking Tuesday morning at the NFL Annual Meeting for the first time since the team's playoff loss to Denver, indicated he wants Roethlisberger to stay just the way he is. "Ben is Ben," Tomlin said.
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In other words, Roethlisberger is effective largely because of his improvisational skills, and the Steelers don't want to take that away. At least Tomlin doesn't. The Steelers coach says he doesn't believe Roethlisberger's ability to move has diminished in any way. Tomlin also isn't concerned about whether Roethlisberger will mesh with new OC Todd Haley. "I'm not worried . . . I don't anticipate any issues. I anticipate both guys getting along great," Tomlin said. ... Worth noting: Tomlin was adamant that it was his decision to let Bruce Arians go as OC
and then hire Haley, according to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "
I thought that it was time for change," Tomlin said this morning. "More than anything, I'm not going to apologize for change. That's football. I think all of us in this industry understand that, and our intentions are that it changed for the better. ..." Tomlin stated emphatically that both decisions were his, that neither came at the behest of Rooney.
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