1PM - Jeff Hathhorn shares thoughts on how Joey Porter comments on Roethlisberger; Seven Steelers defensive players the team must contemplate bringing back
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Time for the Hawk Report. Jeff Hathorne has joined us. Our sports director brought to you by Allegiant Community Federal Credit Union. Shape your future with Allegiant Community Federal Credit Union. Or the Joe Starkey fathead. Which Jeff just put in front of his face and made himself look a thousand times worse than he really does. So... All right, Jeff, we could go a number of directions here, but it feels like the story of the week is Joey Porter absolutely eviscerating Ben while Cam Hayward just sat there and his silence spoke volumes. In fact, a couple of times I noticed Cam said, uh-huh, or yep, like that, and really seemed to, by his silence, be agreeing with Joey about Ben. I think we all agree.
with joey about ben on what in one respect ben was a jerk early in his career and guess who else agrees ben he's the one who broke the story back in 2015 with bleacher report when he said i wasn't a good teammate early in my career i was selfish so if joey thinks he broke news here he didn't uh but enough about my opinion jeff what's yours of what happened here
It's nice to have the thought that all these guys get along, that they go to each other's houses, that their wives or girlfriends are all friends and they have this. And when they get back together, especially after a Super Bowl win, that man, they're all staying in touch. They golf together. That's not the reality. There are jerks on every championship team. And Ben was a horrible teammate. He was a bad teammate. He was a jerk to everybody, like to staffers, to media, to you name it. Early or for his whole career?
Early.
Yeah. And he did get better. Not immediately, but he did get better.
What did Joey Porter say about Ben Roethlisberger?
I just think, I know why people are fascinated by this, because people want to know what these things are like or what people are like. But the biggest thing of what Joey said was when I was on the field, I wanted him as my teammate. That's all you need to know.
That's all that matters. The rest of this is just who cares and why bring it up now? And I told Joe, at the Hall of Honor, you would never have known this. Ben spoke glowingly of Joey Porter. They embraced whatever. And then all of a sudden, out of the blue, this happens. For what?
And listen, Cam can say whatever he wants. The reason he sat back, he has sponsors of a podcast and he wants clicks because they could have edited that out.
I mean, but why would it have been, why it would have enhanced the podcast if Cam believes this for him to say, Hey man, that might, or just to say that might be your experience early in your career. Mine was different later on. I mean, he could have, it's fair. He could have advanced the conversation any way he wanted.
It seemed like at that point he had pushed it off to Diana Rossini to be like, she's the one writing this right now. I didn't ask that. Why was she on it?
I don't know. Why not? I don't know. She's good at what she does. Okay, fine. It could not have started this way. I didn't see the whole podcast. Did it air yet? Did it drop, as they say? I think it dropped yesterday. Did it not? It didn't start with this attack on Roethlisberger. For that matter, James Harrison.
It came down to some Tomlin talk, and I think Joey's sore at Ben and Harrison for not Well, not just Tom. I think he feels like those two have betrayed the Steelers organization.
He says, Steeler business is Steeler business should never... Well, wait a minute. Now you're bringing Steeler business to this podcast. Now you're bringing that Steeler business, which really had nothing to do with the fact they won when they were playing well and Ben was the quarterback. That has nothing to do with that. You're bringing in... The rest of this stuff, which I don't really think is necessary. I don't understand why it went down that path.
What did Ben say? Like, James Harrison has brought up some very personal stuff, like messages and stuff.
Far worse.
The worst thing that Ben said about Mike Tomlin, who, by the way, was on Ben's podcast with him at Ben's house doing the podcast with him, I don't know, like a year ago or so.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:56
2
What did Joey Porter say about Ben Roethlisberger?
1:56–4:29
3
How did Cam Heyward respond to Joey Porter's comments?
4:29–5:43
4
What are the implications of Joey Porter's statements on team dynamics?
5:43–9:17
5
Which Steelers defensive players should the team consider bringing back?
9:17–9:18
6
What are the arguments for and against re-signing Malik Harrison?
9:18–9:57
7
Should the Steelers extend Nick Herbig's contract?
9:57–12:37
8
What does the future hold for Patrick Queen in the Steelers lineup?
12:37–36:09
Speakers
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