Ben Roethlisberger trims his gigantic beard after reaching a milestone in his recovery

But it’s still a big beard.

Big Ben’s Big Ben Beard is, uh, less big.

When we last saw Ben Roethlisberger, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback had grown a humongous beard. He had done a PSA telling everyone to practice social distancing, but all anyone could talk about was his facial hair.

Was it just a quarantine beard like we’ve seen others like Steve Kerr grow? No.

Since he had undergone elbow surgery, he vowed he wouldn’t shave until he could throw a football again.

Well, guess what happened? Roethlisberger is back to throwing a football again, although he didn’t shave the entire thing off. But he did give himself a trim.

Here’s the “before” look:

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