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Ben Roethlisberger and all of the pump fakes

Playing mind games with the Dallas defense like they’re man’s best friend.

by Kenneth Arthur
Tom Pennington

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger thinks that real passes are "so 2000-and-late!"

So instead he just pumps the ball 4,235 times against Dallas just to check how gullible the Cowboys defenders really are.

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“OK here we go- PSYCH! No this time it’s legit-NOT! For real this time-JKLOL!”

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