Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin isn't hiding his anxiety about the sexual-assault allegation against quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. "I'm highly concerned for our franchise and for Ben personally," Tomlin told the NFL Network after arriving in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday for the NFL meetings, which start Monday. The police in Milledgeville, Ga., are still investigating a 20-year-old female college student's accusation against Roethlisberger. "My concerns are many," Tomlin said, "but I think at this time it's kind of appropriate to watch these things and let these things run their course. I think it would be inappropriate for me to have strong feelings one way or another with the investigation being ongoing and so forth. Like everyone else, you watch these things unfold." The woman accused Roethlisberger, 28, of sexually assaulting her in a Georgia nightclub earlier this month. Roethlisberger also faces a lawsuit filed last July by a woman who says he raped her in 2008 at a Lake Tahoe hotel and casino, an allegation he strongly denies. Really? Now you're concerned for the franchise and Roethlisberger? Right now? Forget about the time he crashed his bike without a helmet and almost died. Or how he raped a girl last summer in a hotel. This last chick was the final straw for Tomlin. Once you hit the triple, that's when coach is gonna worry about his franchise. Got it. I just want someone to come out and state the obvious. Big Ben is a bad guy. And not a bad boy like Sean Avery. He's a bad guy in the sense that he rapes girls for sport.
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