Big Motherfuckin Ben

[Legacy User]

Surrounding your franchise QB with weapons and then getting out of his way --- who knew?

[Stallworth16]

All the more impressive this game, since Ben had most of his Touchdowns and yards after Upshaw nearly broke his jaw with a late Cheapshot.

[Legacy User]

Aditi Kinkhabwala ‏@AKinkhabwala · 9m9 minutes ago
Asked Terrell Suggs about Roethlisberger: "Twelve touchdowns in two weeks. Twelve *%#! touchdowns." Yeah, that about sums it up.

[Nick79]

If he gets them to playoffs MVP candidate now

Now that they are LETTING HIM do what he does, he is leading them there.

[Nick79]

PAY HIM BIG! Sacrifice LB depth!

[Legacy User]

[quote="Iron_City"]If they get out of his way he will lead them to the playoffs and is an MVP candidate now[/quote]

Now that they are LETTING HIM do what he does, he is leading them there.

I thought I'd help out my friend IC during his temporary absence.

[Legacy User]

From the FFPKs MMQB

Roethlisberger is a runaway train. No quarterback has ever had back-to-back six-touchdown games until last night, when Ben Roethlisberger followed his six versus Indianapolis last week with six against the hated Ravens. “Ben’s having the time of his life playing football right now,” said one of Roethlisberger’s best friends, longtime agent Ryan Tollner. It shows. Having more weapons than just Antonio Brown is the big key for Roethlisberger.

When scouting and coaching mesh well, the Steelers offense is the result.

Remember when the Steelers were a meat-and-potatoes team? Franco and Bettis won the Super Bowls here. They were born to run. So are we seeing a sea-change now, with Ben Roethlisberger out-Peytoning Peyton? Roethlisberger’s last two games have produced the greatest quarterback stat line ever seen for a two-game stretch:

Points Comp.-Att. Pct. Yards TD Int Passer rating
94 65-86 .756 862 12 0 146.4



You mean you actually can play the position of quarterback better than Roethlisberger has for the past eight quarters? The max passer rating is 158.3. Roethlisberger left 12 points out there on the field? Not from what I’ve seen.

There are three points to be made here. One: After a couple of really patchwork seasons for the offensive line in front of him, Roethlisberger likes the nucleus of the line—all are between 24 and 28, and thus should form a solid wall for the near term—and the five starters are playing well. Yes, there was the hiccup Sunday night against Baltimore, surrendering sacks on three straight snaps. That’s it, though, for defenses getting home. During his remarkable two-game run, Roethlisberger has been sacked those three times and that’s it. All five are Steeler-developed players: Left tackle Kelvin Beachum a 2012 seventh-rounder, left guard Ramon Foster an undrafted college free-agent in 2009, center Maurkice Pouncey a first-rounder in 2010, right guard David DeCastro a first-rounder in 2012, and right tackle Marcus Gilbert a second-rounder in 2011. Watch Roethlisberger celebrate after scoring—he does it much more with his line than with his receivers; he genuinely likes them as people and thinks it’s a good long-term solution for his protection.


Two: Look at the value GM Kevin Colbert has found at the receiver position. Four of the six touchdowns Sunday came from wideouts—Martavis Bryant (two) and Markus Wheaton and Antonio Bryant (one each). Bryant has played three NFL games now and scored five touchdowns. I mention value because:
•Brown was the 195th pick in the 2010 draft, the 22nd wide receiver picked—behind Dezmon Briscoe. He leads the NFL in receiving through eight games, with 71 catches for 996 yards, and has a league-high five 100-yard receiving games.
•Wheaton was the 79th pick in the 2013 draft, the 10th wide receiver chosen—behind Marquise Goodwin. Wheaton is still finding his way, with 31 catches for 395 yards.
•Bryant, the 118th pick in 2014, was the 19th wide receiver picked—behind Shaq Evans. At 6-4, he could have a role like Plaxico Burress once had for Roethlisberger, the receiver to go get jump balls. And as I said, 10 catches and five touchdowns so far.

Roethlisberger also has a couple of veteran catchers, Lance Moore and Darrius Heyward-Bey, who rotate in. But Brown, Wheaton and Bryant are 26, 23 and 22, respectively, and could be a dangerous threesome for the rest of the 32-year-old Roethlisberger’s days. “Could” being the operative word, because it’s so early for Wheaton and Bryant. But signs are promising. Coach Mike Tomlin recently put out a call for one of the young receivers to step up to take the pressure off Brown, and this is what Wheaton and Bryant combined have done in the past two games: 15 catches, 245 yards, six touchdowns.

Three: Roethlisberger seems to have put his wild days behind him. He’s married with two children now. “Life has more meaning for him now,” Tollner said. “He has a different motivation than just football. He’s happy to be married and to be a dad. You go over to his house and it’s filled with baby toys and a real family focus. I think that helps him in football.”

Sure looks like it. It’d be one thing if the Steelers were playing lousy defensive teams. But the Colts last week were coming off a shutout of Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh put up 51 points. The Ravens had football’s second-best red-zone defense entering Sunday night’s game, and the Steelers put up 43. Pittsburgh is going to be a nightmare out down the stretch.

[Legacy User]

Defensive Players of the Week

James Harrison, linebacker, Pittsburgh. Harrison was a huge factor in the Sunday night game, beating left tackle Eugene Monroe for a first-quarter sack, and then in the second quarter bearing down on Joe Flacco and rushing the Ravens QB into a costly interception; the Steelers scored a touchdown moments later. Harrison added a second sack, making him only the second player 36 years of age or older to have back-to-back multi-sack games. (He had two in Week 8.) Mike Tomlin talked the 36-year-old pass-rusher out of retirement in Week 4, and you can be sure Tomlin is happy he could be so persuasive. On Sunday night, Harrison was the most significant Steeler on defense in a chippy game with his old friends on the Ravens. “I’m old and slow now,” Harrison told Michele Tafoya on the field after the game. “I’ve got God doing most of the work.” Whatever works.

[Legacy User]

[quote="Iron_City"]If they get out of his way he will lead them to the playoffs and is an MVP candidate now[/quote]

Now that they are LETTING HIM do what he does, he is leading them there.

I thought I'd help out my friend IC during his temporary absence.

Thanks

Should I start worrying about you as much as you do me?

I probably couldn't quote a single word you've ever out it in print

[Minkah'n History]

[quote="Iron_City"]If they get out of his way he will lead them to the playoffs and is an MVP candidate now[/quote]

Now that they are LETTING HIM do what he does, he is leading them there.

I thought I'd help out my friend IC during his temporary absence.

Thanks

Should I start worrying about you as much as you do me?

I probably couldn't quote a single word you've ever out it in print

You sound pissed off that Ben dominated yet again?

Does it hurt?

[Legacy User]

Does it hurt?

Did they cut too deep shaving your number in your mullet ?