Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was a guest on Thursday’s Sirius XM Blitz with Bruce Murray and former teammate, quarterback Bruce Gradkowski.
And, of course, the subject of Roethlisberger’s beard came up.
The quarterback said when he was flying out for the surgical procedure on his elbow, he decided to grow a beard. “I’m not sure why,” Roethlisberger said. “I just felt something that said don’t cut your hair or your beard until you come back.”
His wife, Ashley, isn’t a fan.
“She liked it at first,” Roethlisberger said with a sigh. “Hates it now. I keep saying that she’s going to cut it off in my sleep.”
He isn’t going to budge on the beard… yet.
When Roethlisberger told Ashley that he would shave it when he can throw an NFL pass, she wanted clarification.
“‘Like, an NFL pass in the living room to your kid? What qualifies as an NFL pass?'”
“Every day that I’m out throwing, she’s like, ‘That definitely was an NFL pass.'”
While 2019 wasn’t the first season Roethlisberger sported a beard, this is definitely the messiest, most epic one yet.
Roethlisberger said that he’ll know in his heart when he’s ready. Hopefully, it’s sooner than later.
