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05-06-2012, 02:08 PM
Steelers draft pick thought Ben Roethlisberger was a team secretary
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/steelers-draft-pick-thought-ben-roethlisberger-team-secretary-145225540.html;_ylt=Av1qmVWvq6FVMkxpeDjm1HI5nYcB
By Chris Chase | Shutdown Corner – Mon, Apr 30, 2012 10:52 AM EDT
(AP)David DeCastro's phone was ringing. On the other end was a two-time Super Bowl champion and the man DeCasto was drafted to protect. The Stanford guard, selected No. 24 by the Pittsburgh Steelers in Thursday's NFL draft, was getting a congratulatory call from Ben Roethlisberger.
DeCastro answered and Roethlisberger welcomed him to the team. The rookie's response? "Did you get those flight plans?"
DeCastro thought Roethlisberger was the team's traveling coordinator booking his flight to Pittsburgh for his introductory press conference. He apparently didn't realize he was receiving a call from someone a little higher up on the franchise's organizational flowchart.
"He was saying, 'Did you get those flight plans? Did you get those flight plans?''' Roethlisberger told a group at the Blair County Convention Center over the weekend. After a few seconds, DeCastro figured it out.
"I can't wait once we get started to get on him about that,'' Roethlisberger joked, thus ensuring that DeCastro won't go a single day of training camp without hearing his six-word question.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/steelers-draft-pick-thought-ben-roethlisberger-team-secretary-145225540.html;_ylt=Av1qmVWvq6FVMkxpeDjm1HI5nYcB
By Chris Chase | Shutdown Corner – Mon, Apr 30, 2012 10:52 AM EDT
(AP)David DeCastro's phone was ringing. On the other end was a two-time Super Bowl champion and the man DeCasto was drafted to protect. The Stanford guard, selected No. 24 by the Pittsburgh Steelers in Thursday's NFL draft, was getting a congratulatory call from Ben Roethlisberger.
DeCastro answered and Roethlisberger welcomed him to the team. The rookie's response? "Did you get those flight plans?"
DeCastro thought Roethlisberger was the team's traveling coordinator booking his flight to Pittsburgh for his introductory press conference. He apparently didn't realize he was receiving a call from someone a little higher up on the franchise's organizational flowchart.
"He was saying, 'Did you get those flight plans? Did you get those flight plans?''' Roethlisberger told a group at the Blair County Convention Center over the weekend. After a few seconds, DeCastro figured it out.
"I can't wait once we get started to get on him about that,'' Roethlisberger joked, thus ensuring that DeCastro won't go a single day of training camp without hearing his six-word question.