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Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger did not hold back on Steelers left tackle Broderick Jones. Roethlisberger said he has an outside source with the Steelers and they say Jones is just not good enough.
“I got word from someone outside the organization, not in the organization, that watches the All-22, there’s not just these ones, there’s a majority of plays where it’s just not good enough,” Roethlisberger said on his Footbahlin podcast. “I assume Tomlin’s addressing it, maybe it goes to the O-line coach, I don’t know him, I don’t know what he’s doing, but at some point, there needs to be some accountability from that left tackle.”
Roethlisberger added that James Harrison would’ve had 15 sacks a game against Jones.
“James Harrison, what did he talk about? Leverage. You get a guy like if James Harrison was going up against Broderick Jones, he would have 15 sacks a game,” Roethlisberger said. “I am telling you, the low leverage, he is gonna get around Broderick. Broderick has to be better at protecting.”
To say the least, Jones has struggled through three games. He played better in the Week 2 game against the Seattle Seahawks but he was subpar against New England on Sunday.
Tomlin discussed third-year left tackle Broderick Jones’ performance after signal-caller Aaron Rodgers was sacked four times in the victory. Jones gave up three sacks while facing Jets edge rusher Will McDonald — the player the Jets had to settle for after the Steelers traded up to snatch Jones away from New York.
“You know, certainly it could be better, but, certainly, all of our performances can be better. As I mentioned, our quarterback got hit too much and he was a component of that,” Tomlin said of Jones after the Steelers’ Week 1 win over the New York Jets.
Tomlin thought Jones was “significantly better” against Seattle.
Through three games, Aaron Rodgers has been sacked seven times. He wasn’t sacked against the Patriots, but he took a ton of hits.
No sacks, congratulations, but Aaron still got hit a bunch. There was a play where Broderick Jones is standing completely upright and the guy basically runs right through him,” Roethlisberger said. “That play if you go back and watch it because I went back and watched two plays specifically to watch the line play, Broderick is so upright and you can’t stand upright as a tackle. You have to get low or guys are gonna get underneath you.”
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Big Ben Puts Broderick Jones on Notice: ‘There Needs to Be Some Accountability’
