Ben Roethlisberger Changing

Music to our ears that Ben Roethlisberger made peace with Terry Bradshaw. The elder quarterback didn't approve of Ben, thought the rape accusations against him egregious, unbelievably crass, proof of the younger quarterback's character deficits. The very idea that someone could do this, rape a woman in her early twenties, turned his stomach. Mr. Bradshaw has two daughters, one twenty-one, the other twenty-three.

Terry Bradshaw in his playing days.

Ben Roethlisberger has either found religion or he's in a 12-step group. Or maybe anger management. Or it could be that he's getting really good therapy. Either way, he charmed the media in Dallas and seems to have a new calm. He made peace with his old nemesis, Mr. Bradshaw in what was touted a media event. The two met alone in a locker room, however, before meeting with the press, had a heart to heart, and apparently hugged in the end.

If fans seek signs of progress, of maturity, then maybe this is a small one. Last summer Ben Roethlisberger wouldn’t shake Terry Bradshaw’s hand, too much anger getting in the way of reconciliation. Tuesday, the two Steelers legends ended their discussion with a hug.
“We just both came to the conclusion that we’re Steelers, we’re part of that family,” Bradshaw said. “And I encouraged him that yesterday is yesterday and that I have his back and I support him 100 percent.
“But if he screws up again … ”

What excited this therapist is the new language associated with Mr. Roethlisberger's change. He's becoming a role model.

You're reading me, sir, or someone is. Now make up with the young woman you hurt.