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    What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    Curious to hear what everyone’s Top-5 Big Ben plays would be…

    Can be favorite plays, best plays, plays that made an impact, etc.

    Obviously, the Ben to Holmes XLIII play is on everyone’s list…so let’s leave that one off or just say what that one is and list 5 others. For me, it’s an easy number one. But to this list I have the following:

    5. This play is the play that really made me think Ben was something really special. The way he scrambled, avoided the rush and then threw a rope to a very small area for the TD really clicked with me. This one goes to the TD pass he threw to Plaxico Burress in the 2004 Cowboys game that would also turn out to be his first comeback win.

    4. Pump Fake vs. Panthers. He pump faked left and the whole Panthers team just went for it because it was almost a full rotation pump fake and then he lobbed one in the right back corner to AB for a TD. 2018 game?

    3. (Tie) Broken Nose Game vs. Ravens and fending off Terrell Suggs to throw an incomplete pass.

    2. The head nod to Mike Wallace to let him know it was on for an 81-Yard TD pass versus the Colts.

    1. The playoff tackle during the Colts game.

    The fun thing with this is that as people mention plays that my old mind can’t remember, I’ll probably change my list 1000 times.

    I’ll try to find video of the plays above if anyone doesn’t remember them.

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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    No special order, I like them all.


    No time left on the clock.




    Ben-Martavis




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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    Ben-Martavis







    One last Game winning drive




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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    They're all more than 10 years ago. My memory hardly goes that far these days. But hitting Santonio in the corner of the end zone would be #1 and the Indy tackle #2.

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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    Ben to Wallace vs Green Bay - last game of 2009 season

    Ben to Hines in SB XL long pass to the 1 yd line - shitty game for Ben stat wise, but he never gave up on that play.

    Ben's pump fake to freeze Champ Bailey - TD to Cedrick Wilson (?) or Hines. Cannot remember receiver. 2005 AFCC game vs Denver

    Ben's pass to AB's helmet - 2010 AFC divisional playoff game vs the Ratbirds

    The Tackle of course

    HM: The play to avoid the sack from Suggs as 86 mentioned above



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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    The Ben to Wallace Green Bay one was nice!!!

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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    The TD to Ward in the 2005 AFC title game in Denver....

    5:05 of this video


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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    How can anyone not make #1 the TD pass to Holmes in the Superbowl?

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    Quote Originally Posted by EzraTank View Post
    How can anyone not make #1 the TD pass to Holmes in the Superbowl?
    This is number 1 for me of course but mine was a play that was under the radar...I didn't specify

    The tackle against the Colts should be considered too...Without that, maybe Cowher and Bettis aren't in the HOF....That's how big it was

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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    Quote Originally Posted by EzraTank View Post
    How can anyone not make #1 the TD pass to Holmes in the Superbowl?
    Because 86Ward already addressed that in his first post.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EzraTank View Post
    How can anyone not make #1 the TD pass to Holmes in the Superbowl?
    We clearly aren’t including that play…

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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    Quote Originally Posted by DesertSteel View Post
    They're all more than 10 years ago. My memory hardly goes that far these days. But hitting Santonio in the corner of the end zone would be #1 and the Indy tackle #2.
    That will always be my number one. The interview with Holmes was great. Ben threw a perfect pass in the corner of the end zone the went through his hands….Ben said in the huddle “I’m coming back to you”.

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    Ben to Santonio in the SB. An impossible throw and even more impossible catch, and resulted in the biggest win of his career IMO

    As for the 2008 season I think Santonio Holmes was the MVP of that postseason. He had a punt return TD vs SD and a long TD vs Baltimore in a game without much offense on either side. Then not just that catch, but the entire final drive in the SB was Ben to Santonio.

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    Of course the field position shovel throw while being taken down by suggs
    the throw and helmet catch to AB
    the 94 yard TD pass to Bryant against Cincinnati- that was all Ben’s arm
    Ben’s throw to Jesse James against the pats which should’ve been a touchdown - great play by Ben nonetheless
    Ben’s pass to PF against the bears this season - throwback Ben one more time

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    Yeah,I can't forget the 3rd and 19 throw at the end of the playoffs game to AB against the ravens in 2010!....Clutch!

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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    Quote Originally Posted by EzraTank View Post
    How can anyone not make #1 the TD pass to Holmes in the Superbowl?
    The James Harrison interception TD was a better play in the same game. It required change of possession, a big gamble by Harrison and good coaching as a reminder for everybody to turn around and block the nearest guy. That was gone over by Tomlin before the game. I use similar methods for my employees and tell them things they already know, but remind them to keep it in the front of their minds. That was a great game, maybe even better than SB X.
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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    some of his best plays


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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shoes View Post
    Because 86Ward already addressed that in his first post.
    Well, duh, reading and all ... who needs it.

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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    Quote Originally Posted by polamalubeast View Post
    The TD to Ward in the 2005 AFC title game in Denver....

    5:05 of this video

    And the pundits argue that Ben contributed nothing to the Super Bowl win that year. He dominated the three games to put them in the Super Bowl.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DesertSteel View Post
    And the pundits argue that Ben contributed nothing to the Super Bowl win that year. He dominated the three games to put them in the Super Bowl.
    I dont recall anybody saying that he didnt contribute in the Indianapolis win, the Cincy win or the Denver win. They all said in SBXL he had the lowest QB rating of any winning team in the history of the Super Bowl.

    The stats people should love that one, because it was definitely true at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by El-Gonzo Jackson View Post
    I dont recall anybody saying that he didnt contribute in the Indianapolis win, the Cincy win or the Denver win. They all said in SBXL he had the lowest QB rating of any winning team in the history of the Super Bowl.

    The stats people should love that one, because it was definitely true at the time.
    True, but a lot of that had to do with Cowher. We all know Ben was more than capable of throwing the ball as we saw the next 16 years of his career but Cowher played safe and ran the ball. And can you blame him, his only other SB had Neil O'Donnell throwing it to a Cowboy. The two big plays of that SB were Parker's 75 yard TD run and the trick play Randle El's TD pass to Ward.

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    Quote Originally Posted by polamalubeast View Post
    The TD to Ward in the 2005 AFC title game in Denver....

    5:05 of this video

    The pump fake throwing to Wilson for the TD made Champ Bailey hesitate just enough to let Wilson get the TD

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    Quote Originally Posted by EzraTank View Post
    How can anyone not make #1 the TD pass to Holmes in the Superbowl?
    exactly!
    I mean name another QB who makes that throw for a TD into triple coverage?
    HINT - there isn’t one 😁

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    Quote Originally Posted by polamalubeast View Post


    That play always comes to my mind when I think of some of his greatest plays.

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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    I would love to see a compilation video of Ben’s greatest pump fakes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HollywoodSteel View Post
    I would love to see a compilation video of Ben’s greatest pump fakes.
    The biggest one is the one at the 3:45 of this video!...Legendary and it's often forgotten because of the last play of this drive! !

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgBYjtvuEGo

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    Re: What Are Your Top-5 Ben Roethlisberger Plays?

    Quote Originally Posted by El-Gonzo Jackson View Post
    I dont recall anybody saying that he didnt contribute in the Indianapolis win, the Cincy win or the Denver win. They all said in SBXL he had the lowest QB rating of any winning team in the history of the Super Bowl.

    The stats people should love that one, because it was definitely true at the time.
    If you'll read my post again, I said "the Super Bowl win." Media types act like Ben was just along for the ride that year just because he had a sub-par performance in the SB. Without his heroics they never would've been there.

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    Can't remember what year 05 or 08 against the Jags three players hanging on him and, he threw a TD pass to Hines Ward with the game on the line!

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