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stillers4me
06-22-2011, 05:34 AM
In February we explained (http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/24227/is-ben-roethlisberger-hall-of-fame-worthy) that three Super Bowls victories for starting quarterbacks leads to automatic enshrinement into the Hall of Fame.

The only quarterbacks in that class are Joe Montana (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=6445), Terry Bradshaw, Troy Aikman (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=53) and Tom Brady (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=2330). Three are in Canton and one -- Brady -- will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer five years after he retires.


Ben Roethlisberger (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=5536) of the Pittsburgh Steelers (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/pit/pittsburgh-steelers) nearly joined that elite group but came up one scoring drive short in Super Bowl XLV, losing 31-25 to the Green Bay Packers (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/gb/green-bay-packers). Now he's stuck at two rings.......................

read more @ http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/28687/revisiting-ben-roethlisberger-hof-debate

suitanim
06-22-2011, 08:33 AM
Considering that Ben probably hasn't even peaked yet, there will be no argument whatsover when his time comes. Anti-Steeler bias or not, (barring injury), he's a unanimous first-ballot HOFer.