Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will not be benched, according to Adam Schefter and Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.
Schefter said the Steelers are "never" going to bench Roethlisberger and Fowler received a "heck no" when he recently asked about the struggling quarterback. Roethlisberger is averaging a career-worst 5.5 adjusted yards per attempt and his average depth of target is just 7.0 yards, fifth-lowest in the league among quarterbacks with double-digit attempts. He will lumber around again in Week 5 versus the Denver Broncos.
Roethlisberger is ranked 28th in Passing Net Expected Points per drop back out of the 37 quarterbacks with double-digit drop backs this season. He has a $6,600 salary on FanDuel in Week 5 and is the QB28 in numberFire's weekly fantasy rankings. The Broncos are allowing the second-fewest FanDuel points per game to the quarterback position this season.
Source: Jeremy Fowler, ESPN