Big Ben Announces Return, NFL Writers Everywhere Realize His Twitter Account Has Blocked Them
By Jason Lisk
Ben Roethlisberger took to his official Twitter account to announce that he would be back for next season. We ordinarily wouldn’t write about such uneventful news (him retiring, on the other hand, would have sent shockwaves). However, the occasion led many NFL writers to suddenly realize that they have been blocked by Roethlisberger and/or the people behind his Twitter account, en masse.
Just some examples:
I'm blocked by Ben Roethlisberger? Uh, okay.
— Lance Zierlein (@LanceZierlein) April 7, 2017
I don't think I have ever even tweeted about Ben outside of games. I'm blocked, lol.
— Vincent Frank (@VincentFrankNFL) April 7, 2017
Add me to the Big Ben block party .. no idea what I tweeted to get blocked.. pic.twitter.com/Rkl4bWqybx
— Sean Pendergast (@SeanTPendergast) April 7, 2017
Most of these blockings probably go back to 2015, when anyone remotely associated with following PFT Commenter got blocked.
Im hearing from folks that @_BigBen7 blocks alot of ppl on Twitter. Rabbit ears for critcism. Not elite
— PFTCommenter(DC DEFENDERS2-0) (@PFTCommenter) September 9, 2015
Ben Roethlisberger’s gonna block so many of @PFTCommenter’s followers on the way back home…
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) September 11, 2015