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Womens James Conner Jersey , Ben Roethlisberger is focusing on his offensive line Trust me, I realize the large majority of Pittsburgh Steelers fans are sick-and-tired of hearing, and reading, about Le’Veon Bell. However, while Bell’s absence from the team dominates the news wire around Steelers Nation, Ben Roethlisberger decided to bring some attention to the players who matter most to an offense — the offensive line.When asked about what the absence of Bell means for the offense, his answer was a good one.“You know football is the ultimate team sport. One guy doesn’t make, or break, you. So, I’d like to say the linemen are more important than any skill position player, including myself, on this team. So, this offense is more than just one guy.”You can hear more from Roethlisberger, courtesy of Jeremy Fowler of ESPN T. J. Watt Jersey , in the video below:Roethlisberger would go on to talk about how he feels James Conner is not just a ‘year better’ but showing some very good signs heading into his sophomore season in the black-and-gold. In fact, he even mentioned how the offense is ‘excited’ to see what Conner can bring to the table if/when he is given the opportunity.What is worth noting is how Roethlisberger’s comments don’t just sound like a team captain trying to keep the focus on the team, and not the individual, but he also speaks the truth. In the game of football, you need skill players, this isn’t a debate, but you also need to have the big men up front paving the way and protecting those skill players. For instance, the Steelers have proven they can run the ball without Le’Veon Bell, and some suggest a one cut, downhill running style, like both James Conner and Stevan Ridley’s styles, is easier on the offensive line. Therefore, some would say it is more about the line than the running back in some instances.Effectiveness matters, and the Steelers offensive line has been nothing short of that in pass protection the past two seasons. This allows Roethlisberger to feed the ball to the likes of Jesse James Jerome Bettis Jersey White , Antonio Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster on time and in rhythm. So, when Roethlisberger talks about the importance of the offensive line, he isn’t just being a ‘fearless leader’, but is being honest. Fans should remember just how bad the offensive line was during the early years of Roethlisberger’s career. Players like Jonathan Scott, Justin Hartwig, Sean Mahan and Darnell Stapleton were once the norm, but since the team has put an emphasis on the line, the offense has also turned around. Drafting players like Maurkice Pouncey, David DeCastro and Marcus Gilbert in the first or second rounds has paid huge dividends, add in undrafted free agent Ramon Foster with free agent pickup Alejandro Villanueva, throw in Mike Munchak and the Steelers have built one of the best offensive lines in the game.If Le’Veon Bell chooses to sit out for weeks, and not just one game, the Steelers offense will take a hit. However, as Roethlisberger alluded to James Conner Jersey White , it is safe to say the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense will go as far as their offensive line takes them.To hear all of Ben’s interview, check the video below: It was 1972 and I was 7 years old. To that point the Steelers had played in two playoff games in their 39 year history, winning neither. This year, however, they didn’t seem to be the Same Old Steelers. We had an exciting new rookie first rounder out of Penn State. It was my first season paying attention. I had taken my newly acquired skill of writing cursive and sent a letter to Franco asking to be inducted into his Italian army. He didn’t write back, so I figure I was 4-F.My father had been a lifelong fan, having grown up in Pleasant Hills, just off Rt. 51. He had played at Clairton High (alma mater of Tyler Boyd) and earned a football scholarship to Westminster College. He found himself, fifteen years after matriculating at Westminster, listening to the divisional playoff game against the Oakland Raiders on a transistor radio in the kitchen. Steeler Nation wasn’t prepared that year for the playoffs so the game didn’t sell out, and therefore wasn’t aired live locally.I’d like to say I was parked right next to my dad the whole game. But I wasn’t. My older sister had roped me into playing “School” with her. Each time, however, she, as the teacher would announce that it was time for recess I would race to the kitchen to check the status of the game. The last time I went in my father gave me this glum report:“It’s not looking good Womens Jerome Bettis Jersey , son. It’s 4th and long. There’s almost no time left. And we’re behind.” Now I loved and respected my dad. He certainly knew more about the Steelers than I did. But he lacked something I had an abundance of — child like faith. So I corrected him and said, “Don’t worry Dad. Franco will do something great, and the Raiders won’t have time to come back.”And then, the immaculate reception.I can’t tell you that I knew in advance what Franco would do. I didn’t. I just knew he would do something. And with that one play, the trajectory of our beloved franchise changed forever. I can’t either provide audio or video tape of that conversation. I can tell you it actually happened, when I said it happened, just as I said it happened. Disbelieve me if you wish. It won’t change what happened.The last thing I’m able to do is to draw a causal connection between my youthful assurance that Franco would find a way, and Franco finding a way. Maybe it would have happened had I not been paying attention to the game. Maybe it would have happened if I had been worrisome and pessimistic like my father. But maybe, just maybe, my confidence in my hero is what kept the ball from touching Frenchy Fuqua. Maybe my confidence in my hero is what kept the ball from touching the turf at Three Rivers. Maybe my confidence in my hero is what kept Franco in bounds all the way to the end zone as the clock ran out. Or maybe it was some other kid with the same hope. Maybe it was you.