Big Ben, as always, the key

[stillers4me]

There is one man, and one man only, whose prolonged absence would reduce the Steelers' chance of winning the Super Bowl to precisely zero.


You know who it is. Every single person in the locker room, coaches room and board room knows, too.


Ben Roethlisberger missed four games last season, and the Steelers needed Rex Ryan's help in Week 17 just to make the playoffs. They were 2-2 with a popgun passing game when Roethlisberger did not play. They were 8-4 with a dynamic aerial attack when he did — including a game in which he replaced an injured Landry Jones and turned in the most prolific relief appearance in NFL history, torturing the Cleveland Browns for 379 yards and three touchdowns.


The Steelers would have succumbed in the wild-card round without an injured Roethlisberger replacing Jones for the final drive...........

Read more @ http://triblive.com/sports/joestarke...ger-season-ben

[pczach]

A great quarterback is always the most important player on the field for that franchise. The quarterback position is the most important position, and also has the greatest influence on winning and losing than any other position in team sports IMO.

[Born2Steel]

Agreed. What was the question?

[86WARD]

As always...

[tube517]

[steelreserve]

I had a dream that I ran into Big Ben at some convenience store, and he bought two individually wrapped Phillies Blunts and was slicing them open and dumping out the tobacco in the garbage can outside, and I was like "No! Don't do it!" but it was too late and he was driving off with a bunch of stoners in a Jeep Wrangler ...

[Rotorhead]

I had a dream that I ran into Big Ben at some convenience store, and he bought two individually wrapped Phillies Blunts and was slicing them open and dumping out the tobacco in the garbage can outside, and I was like "No! Don't do it!" but it was too late and he was driving off with a bunch of stoners in a Jeep Wrangler ...

What??

[steelerdude15]

I should just anticipate a funny meme from you in every thread.

[tube517]

I should just anticipate a funny meme from you in every thread.

I know. At work, during slow (sometimes very slow) times, SU is my outlet.