Steelers

Teammates, fans react to Ben’s beard trim

Hunter Homistek
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Ben Roethlisberger crushed it with this announcement.

Randomly, at 12:58 p.m. ET on a Monday, Roethlisberger dropped a bomb on Steeler Nation:

Props on all this. The timing of it. The execution, starting with a clean-shaven shot then progressing through some throws to JuJu Smith-Schuster, James Conner and Ryan Switzer.

And, of course, including the trim itself.

With this, Roethlisberger stamped the fact that he's making a full recovery ... and his teammates — past and present — and fans were hyped, starting with Cam Heyward and Mike Hilton:

Then Smith-Schuster chimed in, echoing his words in the video:

Roethlisberger's newest addition at tight end, Eric Ebron, was feeling the update:

And you know recently retired Steelers guard and current DKPittsburghSports.com staff writer Ramon Foster had to get in on the action, too:

That said, some of my favorite work came from the fans. They were, naturally, just a little excited to see some good news about their future Hall of Fame quarterback. And the beard announcement brought 'em all out for the celebration ... including some dirty laundry. No, literally:

I even noticed some subscribers to the site getting after it in the aftermath. We're ready for football, too:

Finally, let's close with some of my favorite gifs. Because gif reactions rule.

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