Fox News: Ex-Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger rips NFL for Christmas games, unfavorable schedule

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Ex-Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger rips NFL for Christmas games, unfavorable schedule

The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the victims of the NFL deciding to play on Christmas, leading to teams playing three games in 11 days.......                    ...                        ...The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to the funky NFL schedule.......At one time, the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login — and now, they can't get enough of them, scheduling two this year despite the day falling on a Wednesday.......That is prompting some oddities in the NFL schedule, with the Steelers one of four teams who played last Saturday and are now playing on Wednesday. What ever happened to "any given Sunday?"......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Anyway, the rest is equivalent to that of teams who play on Thursday following a Sunday game, but with the Saturday contest, it all comes out to three games in 11 days for the Steelers, and former quarterback Ben Roethlisberger isn't happy about it......."It's miserable. It's a shame that the league does this. It just shows that it's all about money and this is a way that they can, you know, make more money and figure this thing out, because it's not fair for the players," You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. "You wanna talk about injuries and making the game safer, changing the kickoff rule and preventing guys on hip-drop tackles, and concussions, and this that and the other, and you're going to make guys play the most violent game in the world, arguably, three games in 11 days. I mean, there's no time for your body to get healthy and rest."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The comments echo You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login' sentiment on the grueling schedule......."It's not a good feeling," Mahomes told reporters a couple weeks ago. "You never want to play this amount of games in this short of time. It's not great for your body. But, at the end of the day, it's your job, your profession. You have to come to work and do it."......It will be the Chiefs and Steelers in a 1:00 p.m. showdown on Christmas.......Follow Fox News Digital's You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, and subscribe to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login....

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