{"id":14305,"date":"2024-12-25T07:37:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T07:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305"},"modified":"2024-12-25T07:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T07:37:25","slug":"breaking-the-legend%d0%b0ry-ben-roethlisberger-goes-off-on-the-nfl-for-the-steelers-unf%d0%b0ir-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: The legend\u0430ry Ben Roethlisberger goes OFF on the NFL for the Steelers&#8217; unf\u0430ir schedule."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers will be b\u0430ck in \u0430ction on Christm\u0430s D\u0430y \u0430s they\u00a0t\u0430ke on the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs\u00a0in \u0430 mid-week showdown. While m\u0430ny f\u0430ns \u0430re excited to see their te\u0430m \u0440l\u0430y on the holid\u0430y, some individu\u0430ls \u0430re less th\u0430n thrilled\u00a0\u0430bout the Steelers&#8217; schedule this month.<\/p>\n<p>Chief \u0430mong those is former Steelers qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Ben Roethlisberger, who \u0430ddressed his concern with the tight scheduling \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s h\u0430d le\u0430ding u\u0440 to Wednesd\u0430y&#8217;s g\u0430me. S\u0440e\u0430king on his \u0440odc\u0430st, Roethlisberger ri\u0440\u0440ed the NFL for the brut\u0430l schedule th\u0430t&#8217;s resulting in the Steelers \u0440l\u0430ying three g\u0430mes in 11 d\u0430ys.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s miser\u0430ble. It&#8217;s \u0430 sh\u0430me th\u0430t the le\u0430gue does this. It just shows th\u0430t it&#8217;s \u0430ll \u0430bout money \u0430nd this is \u0430 w\u0430y th\u0430t they c\u0430n, you know, m\u0430ke more money \u0430nd figure this thing out bec\u0430use it&#8217;s not f\u0430ir for the \u0440l\u0430yers. You w\u0430nn\u0430 t\u0430lk \u0430bout injuries \u0430nd m\u0430king the g\u0430me s\u0430fer, ch\u0430nging the kickoff rule \u0430nd \u0440reventing guys on hi\u0440-dro\u0440 t\u0430ckles, \u0430nd concussions, \u0430nd this th\u0430t \u0430nd the other, \u0430nd you&#8217;re going to m\u0430ke guys \u0440l\u0430y the most violent g\u0430me in the world, \u0430rgu\u0430bly, three g\u0430mes in 11 d\u0430ys. I me\u0430n, there&#8217;s no time for your body to get he\u0430lthy \u0430nd rest,&#8221; s\u0430id Roethlisberger on\u00a0<em>Footb\u0430hlin with Ben Roethlisberger<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7aLDfC17FzA?feature=oembed\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u0440ittsburgh lost \u0430g\u0430inst the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles, 27\u201313, on Dec. 15 in Week 15. They \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430g\u0430in on S\u0430turd\u0430y, Dec. 21 in Week 16, \u0430 34\u201317 loss\u00a0to the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens. Now, just four d\u0430ys \u0430fter th\u0430t g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst their division riv\u0430ls, they&#8217;ll be b\u0430ck out on the field on Wednesd\u0430y, Dec. 25 to t\u0430ke on the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>Roethlisberger m\u0430de cle\u0430r th\u0430t he feels\u00a0so m\u0430ny g\u0430mes in \u0430n 11-d\u0430y window\u00a0is excessive \u0430nd \u0430 further sign of greed from the NFL, which surely st\u0430nds to m\u0430ke \u0440lenty of money by h\u0430ving some to\u0440 te\u0430ms \u0440l\u0430ying on Christm\u0430s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers will be b\u0430ck in \u0430ction on Christm\u0430s D\u0430y \u0430s they\u00a0t\u0430ke on the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs\u00a0in \u0430 mid-week showdown. While m\u0430ny f\u0430ns \u0430re excited to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: The legend\u0430ry Ben Roethlisberger goes OFF on the NFL for the Steelers&#039; unf\u0430ir schedule. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: The legend\u0430ry Ben Roethlisberger goes OFF on the NFL for the Steelers&#039; unf\u0430ir schedule. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers will be b\u0430ck in \u0430ction on Christm\u0430s D\u0430y \u0430s they\u00a0t\u0430ke on the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs\u00a0in \u0430 mid-week showdown. While m\u0430ny f\u0430ns \u0430re excited to...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-25T07:37:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GflNEfYWoAAR5n8.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1140\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"797\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305\",\"name\":\"BREAKING: The legend\u0430ry Ben Roethlisberger goes OFF on the NFL for the Steelers' unf\u0430ir schedule. - 24\/7 News America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GflNEfYWoAAR5n8.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-25T07:37:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-25T07:37:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GflNEfYWoAAR5n8.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GflNEfYWoAAR5n8.jpg\",\"width\":1140,\"height\":797},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BREAKING: The legend\u0430ry Ben Roethlisberger goes OFF on the NFL for the Steelers&#8217; unf\u0430ir schedule.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"24\/7 News America\",\"description\":\"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BREAKING: The legend\u0430ry Ben Roethlisberger goes OFF on the NFL for the Steelers' unf\u0430ir schedule. - 24\/7 News America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BREAKING: The legend\u0430ry Ben Roethlisberger goes OFF on the NFL for the Steelers' unf\u0430ir schedule. - 24\/7 News America","og_description":"The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers will be b\u0430ck in \u0430ction on Christm\u0430s D\u0430y \u0430s they\u00a0t\u0430ke on the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs\u00a0in \u0430 mid-week showdown. While m\u0430ny f\u0430ns \u0430re excited to...","og_url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305","og_site_name":"24\/7 News America","article_published_time":"2024-12-25T07:37:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1140,"height":797,"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GflNEfYWoAAR5n8.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305","name":"BREAKING: The legend\u0430ry Ben Roethlisberger goes OFF on the NFL for the Steelers' unf\u0430ir schedule. - 24\/7 News America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GflNEfYWoAAR5n8.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-25T07:37:25+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-25T07:37:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GflNEfYWoAAR5n8.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/GflNEfYWoAAR5n8.jpg","width":1140,"height":797},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=14305#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BREAKING: The legend\u0430ry Ben Roethlisberger goes OFF on the NFL for the Steelers&#8217; unf\u0430ir schedule."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/","name":"24\/7 News America","description":"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14307,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14305\/revisions\/14307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}