Joey Porter: Ben Roethlisberger wasn't good teammate, person - ESPN

Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker and assistant coach Joey Porter Sr. said quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wasn't a good teammate or person in a podcast recorded during the week of the Super Bowl.

He also said Roethlisberger and linebacker James Harrison «broke the brotherhood» by discussing team business and criticizing former head coach Mike Tomlin on their own podcasts.

"[Harrison] broke the brotherhood," Porter said. «Then seven [Roethlisberger] definitely broke the brotherhood. Out of anybody that should talk, he should never grab a microphone and really talk Steeler business. Because if we talk Steelers' business, his a-- is foul of all foul. The sh-- that he's did is foul of all foul. He's not a good teammate.

»Won the Super Bowl with him, but the person, he's just not a good teammate. He knows that. Anybody in the Steelers' building knows that, but we protected him because I've only won one Super Bowl and that was my quarterback. So do I love my quarterback? Yeah, but is he a good person? No."

Appearing on Cameron Heyward's podcast, «Not Just Football» from radio row, Porter didn't mince words about Harrison or Roethlisberger. Porter was teammates with Roethlisberger for three seasons, and the pair won Super Bowl XL together. During that stretch, Porter was a team captain, and he told Heyward that he was particularly frustrated by some of Roethlisberger's actions as a rookie.

In one instance, Roethlisberger refused to sign memorabilia for teammates' families, something that was common practice in the locker room, Porter said.

«He was telling people, 'No, I'm not going to sign that,'» Porter said. «So once he did that, who they come and tell? The captain. When he first did it to Chris Hoke, I was like, „Damn,