The football world is waiting to hear what happens when Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s appeal of his four-game suspension is heard and the Steelers figure to be paying as close attention to the result as anyone else.
Pittsburgh will open the season at Gillette Stadium on September 10 and they’ll be facing Jimmy Garoppolo in Garoppolo’s first regular season start if Brady’s suspension isn’t totally wiped out by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. That may be an advantage to the Steelers’ chances of starting the season with a victory, especially after a Brady-led offense put 55 points and 610 yards on the board against Pittsburgh in 2013, but it sounds like one that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger would rather not enjoy.
“He’s a guy, I’ve said for a long time, he’s the best in the business, and he proved it again last year winning his fourth [Super Bowl],” Roethlisberger said, via ESPN.com. “If he’s not out there, it’s not the same. I have a lot of respect for him on the football field and some of the unbelievable things that he’s done. I guess we’ll wait and see what’s finally going to happen.”
Roethisberger didn’t share any further thoughts on the league’s discipline of Brady, but his opinion isn’t likely to count for much once Goodell does hear Brady’s appeal.
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