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Steelers' Ward Not Happy With Roethlisberger's Tall Receiver Comments

POSTED: 4:08 pm EST January 25, 2008
UPDATED: 7:27 pm EST January 25, 2008

A couple of Pittsburgh Steelers don't appear to be seeing eye-to-eye these days.

Last week, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger talked about his wish list for 2008, including that he'd like it if the team signed a tall wide receiver to whom he could throw.

Roethlisberger, who will play in his first Pro Bowl next weekend in Honolulu, said Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes and the rest of his current receivers are great.

But he would like to add a taller target to help in the "red zone," which the NFL defines as being inside the 20-yard line.

That news isn't sitting well with the 6-foot tall Ward.

"I don't hear Tom Brady or Peyton Manning asking for that," Ward told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXX said, when it comes to quality, size doesn't matter.

"We won a Super Bowl. We didn't have a tall receiver then," Ward told the newspaper. "I don't see Tom Brady caring about who's tall or not. He got Randy (Moss) this year, but he did it before without him."

"I don't buy into height," Ward said. "Look at my red-zone touchdowns. I have as many as anyone in the league.''


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