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Ben Roethlisberger Blows Off Steam In Georgia With His Line

Ben Roethlisberger is working on some male bonding with his starting offensive linemen in Georgia this week. Ben, Maurkice Pouncey, Marcus Gilbert, Kelvin Beachum, Mike Adams, Ramon Foster, and David DeCastro flew down in a private jet yesterday. While the exact location wasn’t disclosed, I can only presume that they are visiting Lake Oconee, GA, where the quarterback owns a lake home.

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Thanks to Ramon Foster via Twitter, we get to have a personal look at their excursion.

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The team will reconvene on Tuesday, May 27th for OTA’s, so this week is the last hurrah to get some R&R and bonding in before workouts get more serious.

One Surgery Down, Two To Go

During his press conference today, Coach Tomlin gave some details on the players who’s injuries required surgery.

Larry Foote: Foote had surgery on his ruptured biceps this morning.

LaRod Stephens-Howling: Stephens-Howling is scheduled to have surgery on the torn ACL in his right knee tomorrow.

Maurkice Pouncey: Pouncey will have surgery on his right ACL and MCL Thursday.

All three were placed on Injured Reserve yesterday and will miss the remainder of the season.

Steelers Elect Team Captains

The Steelers have named their offensive and defensive team captains for the 2013 season. Ben Roethlisberger and Maurkice Pouncey were chosen on offense. Ryan Clark and Brett Keisel were named as defensive team captains. No special teams captain was selected as of yet.

This marks the fifth year that Roethlisberger has been named team captain and the second consecutive year for Keisel.