Former Steelers champion blasts Ben Roethlisberger in furious rant

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11 February 2026 at 20:26

Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter didn’t hold back against former teammate Ben Roethlisberger. The retired quarterback launched his podcast, “Footbahlin with Ben Roethlisberger,” while Porter has been commonly featured on Cam Heyward’s “Not Just Football” show.

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Porter used the platform to call out Roethlisberger. He sent a strong message to the two-time Super Bowl champion, saying he needed to stop talking about “Steelers business.”

“The sht that [Roethlisberger did]… that we don’t talk about is crazy,” Porter said. “Like, out of anybody that should talk, he should never grab a microphone and really talk Steelers business. Because if we’re talking Steeler business, his a** is foul of all foul. Like, the sht that he did is foul of all foul. He’s not a good teammate.

“[I] won a Super Bowl with him. But the person? He’s just not a good teammate. Like, he knows that. Anybody in the Steeler building knows that. But we protected him. Because I’ve only won one Super Bowl, and that was my quarterback. So do I love my quarterback? Yeah, but is he a good person? No.”

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Ben Roethlisberger was one of the best quarterbacks of his generation, but as great as he was on the field, controversy followed him off of it. He was accused of sexual assault on two separate occasions in 2009 and 2010. He was not criminally charged for either accusation.

Porter and Roethlisberger played together from 2004-07. They won Super Bowl XL together, but outside of that, it seems that Porter didn’t have the best experience with Roethlisberger outside the facility.

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