49ers tried to lure ‘intrigued’ Ben Roethlisberger out of retirement

Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger has been retired for a year now, but that didn’t stop the 49ers from reaching out to him in their time of need. San Francisco was dealing with the quarterback injury bug last season and decided to give the future Hall of Famer a call after Jimmy Garoppolo suffered a broken foot versus the Dolphins. “There were some truths to the Niners thing,” Roethlisberger told 105.9’s Mark Madden on The X Tuesday afternoon, according to SteelersNow.com. “They were, I think reaching out maybe just to gauge...