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Big Ben says goodbye, question mark. Welcome to good morning football. We're presented by L. Trapper, Beef, Dherkey. This is our breakfast table in New York. Hall of Famer, Chris Carter, is at the breakfast table. Kyle Brand, Peter Schrager. Myself, K. Adams, let's get straight to some highlights with the Interceptor World Tour T-shirt wearing Kyle. What happened? Naji Harris says good night. The Rothesberger family there in the suites. They go nuts. He does a victory lap. Now he has another game. Actually a really important game against Baltimore next week, but this is his last home game. He never lost to the Browns at home in the regular season. Absolutely perfect. So many memories, we'll get into it a little bit.

Rothsberger, a thick, long legacy in a lot of different ways.

26 to 14. That was his last home game most likely.

Let's go to Ben, just have him reflect what that might, what that huge win might mean for him

for the rest of his life when he looks back on it.

This is home, you know, I just, I know I was born in Ohio, but I live here and I'll always be here. And these, these fans in this place, it just means so much to me and my family. And

always will. And I've always said that they're the best fans in all the sports. And I'll stick by that to the day I die. And to see all the signs and the jerseys and the towels and to hear them cheer for me coming out of the tunnel, all that stuff. It just, I don't know that I'll ever put into words. And that's why I want to soak. I wish I could bottle it and have it forever. But I will in here and in my mind. A nostalgic, he was emotional on the field, Ben Rothersberger. Let's take a look at the playoff picture because here's the thing. Week 17 is over. There's an extra game. They're still alive. They're the nine seed. and all they need to happen in the final week of the regular season, they have to beat the Ravens. That can happen.

And they need to happen in the final week of the regular season, they have to beat the Ravens. That can happen. And they need Trevor Lawrence and the Jags and Daray-O to upset the Colts. If those two things happen, they are in. Steelers fans got their money's worth last night. Big Ben's 90-second win at Heinz Field. He said, we're leaving with a win. Behind only

Brady, by the way, and John Elway for most wins by a quarterback at a single stadium. Special

night all around. Hall of Famer Chris Carter, Ben Rothersberger, will join you there with a gold

jacket in due time. What were your thoughts watching Ben Rothesburg last time?

It was an amazing story because typically we come into this league. We all want to play. We have

dreams of playing in the league as kids. But you can't control where you're going to go.

And it's so much about the draft and being in the right system with the right unit.

But he's drafted by the Pittsburgh

Steelers, who have a head coach in Bill Cower. They're playing amazing defense, the physicality.

They're going to run the football down your throat every week. They have the support of the

franchise, a great fan base, one of the best in the world. And then they go to Mike Tomlin.

They got Jerome Bettis. They got leaders. They got guys that be able to take over for Ben and to see him to be able to start and end it in Pittsburgh. After the way the draft fell, he is the best player in that draft. And all those teams went over. People say, oh, Eli Manning, he doesn't want to go to California. He goes to the Giants. Philip Rivers, we know about that story. But when you look back on this draft, him and Larry Fitzgerald, another Pittsburgh guy, another guy who got a relationship with, those are the best two players in that draft. So for Ben Rothesberger, perfect marriage between him, how they do things in Pittsburgh, the fans in Pittsburgh, and this organization. True. I also think it's a cool moment to have as a player. And, you know, this is while he's still playing, he's getting to, you know, when John Madden passed away last week, one of the things everyone said was it was cool that you got to watch that documentary because he got to smell the roses. He got to appreciate the love in return for him.

So many times we have players come back for that ceremony.

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