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Ben Roethlisberger Called Out Via Twitter by Eagles' Todd Herremans

Mark Queen
Apr 9, 2011

Finally, something juicy to gossip about not regarding the 2011 NFL Draft or the boring CBA mess.

On Thursday, word emerged that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wonโ€™t be living with his future wife until sheโ€™s his current wife, due to the coupleโ€™s religious beliefs.

The disclosure prompted the following tweet from Eagles guard Todd Herremans:ย  โ€œWhat a turnaround โ€ฆ Rapistberger to Religiousberger โ€ฆ Good for him!โ€

Word of Herremans' tweet eventually got around, apparently resulting in folks giving him a hard time via Twitter.ย 

He eventually posted another message acknowledging the backlashโ€”and arguing that he meant no harm:ย  โ€œFunny how it takes all day to get negative feedback from a tweet โ€ฆ If u read it correctlyโ€ฆ It reads โ€˜good for him.โ€™โ€

Fine, but the use of โ€œRapistbergerโ€ could cause a reasonable person to think that Herremans was clubbing Ben over the head with his past.ย 

If, for example, someone were to say as to Herremansโ€™ quarterback, โ€œFrom vicious, cold-blooded, methodical, calculating dog-drowner/electrocuter/slam-to-the-ground-until-deader to Comeback Player of the Year . . . Good for him!,โ€ that could be viewed as a slap against Mike Vick.

Indeed, โ€œgood for him!โ€ could become the new caveat for any criticism of anyone.ย  The formula would be to say the bad thing, throw in a good thing and then tack โ€œgood for him!โ€ onto the end of it.

If it catches on, weโ€™ll need to name the tactic after Todd.

Good for him.

UPDATE:ย  Eagles tight end Brent Celek has chimed in on the situation, in hilarious fashion.ย  โ€œI see [Todd Herremans] made [ProFootballTalk],โ€ Celek tweeted.ย  โ€œGood for him!โ€œ