Ben Roethlisberger Dismisses Steelers ‘Hater Bandwagon’ During TV Interview

The Steelers have been called too old, too slow and too conservative. Now that they’re 7-3 and lead the AFC North, they’re being called “pretty good.”

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger addressed the naysayers in a TV interview Friday.

“People make a big deal after Week 1,” Roethlisberger said on NFL Total Access. “You lose a game and everyone wants to jump on the hater bandwagon of the Steelers even more than they already are.

“We just kind of laughed it off and said, ‘You know what? We’ll just do what we do,’ and I think we’ve done that.”

The Steelers are a game up on the Ravens in the standings, but would lose the head-to-head tiebreaker, having lost to Baltimore in both meetings this season.