Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is on the road to recovery. Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Ben Roethlisberger working out with Steelers teammates

By Zac Wassink | Last updated May 18, 2020 3:58 PM ET

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had good reason to embrace some grooming.

While still recovering from elbow surgery that ended his 2019 season after only two weeks of action, Roethlisberger declared in a video shared on Twitter that he was not shaving his beard or cutting his hair until he was able to throw what he deemed to be NFL-quality passes.

The beard is trimmed...

...you know what that means @_BigBen7 | @TeamJuJu | @JamesConner_ | @Switz pic.twitter.com/YLTtCynK25
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) May 18, 2020

According to ESPN's Brooke Pryor, Big Ben got himself a shave and haircut after he spent time working out with teammates Ryan Switzer, JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Conner at Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale, Penn.

Pryor added that the Steelers expect the 38-year-old two-time Super Bowl champion will be ready to return under center for the start of the 2020 season. The club has not yet released an official update on Roethlisberger's status.

In late April, reports surfaced that the coronavirus pandemic could force the NFL to push the start of the campaign back Sept. 10 to early or mid-October. The league hasn't yet announced any changes to its preseason or regular-season calendars.

One would think Roethlisberger would accept a few extra weeks to ensure his arm is 100 percent and ready to face NFL defenses during the fall.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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