Ben Roethlisberger

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The defense was impressive too, as the game plan ramped up the blitzes and came after QB Ben Roethlisberger relentlessly. The aftermath was five sacks, plenty of hits and an interception for a touchdown before protecting the lead by switching to prevent. 

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aurkice Pouncey and LT Max Starks out of the lineup, the pass rush has an opportunity to get to Big Ben Roethlisberger and bring him down. 

Anti-Bully: New England was pushed around on both sides of the ball last week. Don’t let Pittsburgh be the more physical team. 

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During the 2008-2009 season, an encouraging pattern appeared.  The Steelers would start the game well, at some point fall behind, and in the 4th quarter, Big Ben would engineer a game winning drive.  This phenomena reared its head during the regular season, but in the biggest game of the year, Super Bowl XLIII.  Why is the leader of such a sub par offense (22nd in the league during the regular season) the engineer of so many come from behind wins? When examined, two major reasons can be found.

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As football fans across the globe cast their longing eyes in the direction of the April draft, I decided that now might be a good time to reflect on draft classes of the last 10 years. Too often in this business, we rush ahead to the next big event without taking pause to evaluate the past and learn from it. In a way, this study will still be a celebration of the coming 2009 draft as I believe it will shed some light on certain overlooked trends that no one ever stops to consider. I will begin with a class by class showdown of sorts at the quarterback position over the last 10 drafts.  This is part III in the series:

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Maybe their absence creates weaknesses that New England can exploit.

Finish Big Ben -Ben Roethlisberger causes the most damage when he breaks tackles and extends plays. If a defender gets their hands on Big Ben, they must bring him down.

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reality, thus giving everybody but New Yorkers and Red Sox fans more time to follow football.

4. Ben Roethlisberger

Let's do the litany of mediocrity, shall we? Cliff Stout, Mark Malone, Todd Blackledge, Bubby Brister, Neil O'Donnel, Mike Tomzcak, Kordell Stewart, and Tommy Maddox. Those are the QB's that came between Terry Bradshaw and

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Let's not forget that Sweed was seemingly drafted in response to Ben Roethlisberger's comments about the Steelers' lack of tall receivers. Hines Ward, Heath Miller, and Santonio Holmes all seem to do just fine when Ben has enough protection to do his job, though. At the very least, Dennis Dixon was a stretch, and will probably never start at quarterback in a Steeler uniform. Wide receiver, maybe. But Dixon is yet another draft pick spent seemingly frivolously, when the offensive line has holes big enough for Terrell Owens and his ego to run through.

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t the '04 AFC Championship because a rookie QB was playing the worst football he played all season? Ben Roethlisberger was terrible down the strech and it continued into the playoffs. Even if the Patriots played bad on offense, the defense would had secured that win because Big Ben was just plain bad that night.

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