SI Vault Damon Hack February 07, 2011 A humbled Ben
Roethlisberger returned from his suspension intent on proving
he'd changed. He could win his third ring on Sunday in Dallas,
but winning back the fans remains a work in progress Decrease
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natural thing is for people to throw up their hands," Hoeppner
says. "I just couldn't do that. These situations that are
challenging, we better make the best of them or they repeat
themselves. I've pulled for him, and I've held Ben and his
family in my prayers. I think he's a different person today, as
he should be and as I would hope that he would be."
Roethlisberger's suspension barred him from the Steelers'
facility and prohibited him from even talking football with his
teammates. For those four weeks he was relegated to a high
school field, where he and Whitfield worked three hours a day,
four days a week. In one drill Whitfield would toss beanbags