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LOL! Somehow I've got this visual image of you in a black and gold robe lording over the MB.

You are correct, but when I look at his right cheekbone it's on my left!

 

Ironically the first time I saw those pics was after the Millidgeville debacle. I always thought these pics were taken the night of the incident. I guess they were just stock photos that the networks were using to frame an image of Ben as a constant party animal. Which I suppose was well warranted and not exactly far from reality.

 

I have just obtained proof, and I'm holding it back for now, that these pictures were taken at HALFTIME of the Super Bowl in Detroit! I'll release my evidence at the appropriate time.

 

Yeah, I put the throw on the same level as the catch too. Ben definitely should have been ahead of Santonio in the voting, but I still have James Harrison as my MVP. We could argue all day over who had the bigger impact (Harrison spotting us 14 points, Ben is the quarterback, played well for the whole game including the clutch final drive), but at the end of the day, Harrison's game outshone Ben's in my opinion. Ben's impact has an unbelievable advantage as a QB, so obviously he's in the best position to win an MVP. If you think about it, even a completely mundane, average QB performance could easily be the "most valuable", because if that guy wasn't there, his backup would have played, and it's extremely common for there to be a huge dropoff with backup QBs, more than any other position. So that guy might have thrown three picks and lost the game. Meanwhile, the RB who runs for 150 yards gets the award, and if he hadn't been there his backup might have run for fewer yards, but there's a good chance there's far less dropoff and he probably wouldn't have cost his team the game. Same with any other position. Harrison didn't just save our game with the pick 6, he was also his usual beastly self the whole game, and drew a couple of really helpful drive killing holding penalties.

Well, to be fair, that kind of implies the defense allowed 31 points. They technically allowed 24, and 14 of those points came off of turnovers and a short field. Yes, they didn't hold them to field goals, but I think saying they allowed 24 was not as bad as it sounds. It was less like playing bad and more like not playing well, and failing to bail out the offense, in my opinion. It was the turnovers that killed us in that game. Plus, Aaron Rodgers was the best QB in the game with great weapons, and he was playing 100% perfect ball. I agree it's too much to ask of Ben to put up 35 in that game, but if he hadn't thrown one of those picks (the second one was his fault), he wouldn't have had to. And I don't necessarily blame him for the loss (it was a pretty good definition of a team effort), but he more or less choked when it came down to the final drive. There was a ton of confusion and time wasted, resulting in crappy plays, and he also forced some into coverage instead of hitting open receivers.

If I was going to grade his performances:

SB 40 - D+ ...ugly game and horrible stats, but he did still make some big plays when we needed them
SB 43 - A .....only blemish is the INT, and that wasn't his fault. Played pretty awesome from start to finish.
SB 45 - C+ ...Kind of simultaneously hurt us and was the biggest reason we were even in the game.

Of course, worth noting that he's played pretty spectacular ball in the playoffs leading to those Super Bowls.

Is it possible you saw them the week of the Super Bowl, but they weren't taken that week? Maybe the pictures came out because he was in the news because of the Super Bowl...?

 

The only reason I said they definitely were from the Super Bowl week was to cancel out your "they definitely were not from the Super Bowl week". The FACT is, you don't know for sure they aren't and I don't know for sure they are. Unless you are omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent and you may be given that you repeated again that "those photos ain't from SB week". So I guess maybe that should settle it then. Case closed. Those photos ain't from Super Bowl XL week. Thanks for enlightening me, BF. If you said it, it has to be gospel I guess.

All I know FOR SURE is that I remember back prior to the week of Super Bowl XL, those pictures came out and it was reportedly of Ben partying it up in Detroit a few days before the Super Bowl. It sure looked like Ben, but may not have been (see impostor theory above). Now, as some have pointed out it may have been Ben but it could have been taken earlier, i.e. during the playoff run. That is a possibility but it sure looks like a Super Bowl PARTAY TO ME! Another theory is photo shop. Now, somebody could have been just trying to bring Ben's stellar reputation into question, I dunno. It's amazing what you can do with photo shop, even way back in 2006. Now my newest theory, as you may have noticed above, is that these photos were actually taken at HALFTIME OF THE SUPER BOWL! Can you believe that? This guy is a partay aneeeeeemal!

So as you can see, I was really starting to get carried away with all of my conspiracy theory stuff. Thank you so much for setting the record straight for all of us by conclusively proclaiming that this photo is most definitely not from Super Bowl XL week. I feel much better.

 

That is very plausible. It's also possible that it could be from the week of the Super Bowl, which is my very strong sense. I can't prove it either way, I wasn't there. My memory ain't what it used to be, but I do recall those photos surfacing the week of the Super Bowl and purportedly were of Ben partying in Detroit. Those photos are still out there on certain websites today and are captioned with "Ben partying in Detroit before Super Bowl". It looks a lot like the Super Bowl XL Ben with the beard and longer hair.

But you are correct, it could be an earlier picture that was released just prior to the Super Bowl. It sure looks like he's partying like a champion though. But maybe he was out partying in Indy and Denver during the playoff run and these pictures were snapped then. I'll leave it at this. It is my very strong opinion, that these pictures were taken in Detroit prior to the Steelers playing the Seahawks in Super Bowl XL.

 

Not sure I understand the question. Are you asking at what point in the week (beginning, middle, end) I'm suggesting that he was out partying? If so, I have no earthly idea. Maybe it wasn't even that week.

 

Nah, I just comprehended it poorly.

 

Jack, you ever get an email saying this is a no ****ter, I checked it with snopes? People just ASS-U-ME the guy checked it. Try emailing the guy who said that. There are people who sit around all day and say to themselves, "what can I do to make people waste time on the internet today? When they showed up in Detroit, they were reused from SB-XL I bet someone saw them and were told they were from SB-XLIII after that. Just my 2 cents

 

By the way, Tomorrow is already in London. If Ben is still there, we'll read about it. Wednesday is ladies night in England. I don't know about London but I had to defend my virtue in Portsmouth and Plymouth England, every Wednesday I was there for 10 weeks. I put up a very HARD fight but, Lost. Come to think about it I was in London on a Wednesday night

 

sarge , I can't believe a Marine like you would lose in a "hostile" setting in a foreign land. let's just say you were conducting "Under Cover" ops. hehehe God Bless The USA

 

Trust me, CS, there is no greater skeptic than me. I believe very little of what I see on the Internet most of the time. In fact, I've been known to use snopes a time or two myself. But I remember seeing this picture the week of SB XL and it seemed legitimate. I believe wholeheartedly that Ben was partying big time in Detroit that week. That's fine, party on, Ben. The original point I was trying to make was that IF Ben was partying in Detroit like these pictures suggest he may have been, that COULD HAVE affected his performance in the Big Game. People believe what they want to believe. I believe these pictures were taken during Super Bowl XL week in Detroit. Others don't. Somebody's right and somebody's wrong.

 

Care to explain?

 

And just how do you know that the picture wasn't taken with that Twilight Zone future-camera? Ever think of that, hot shot?

 

Interesting article about "the photos".
http://deadspin.com/152608/tracking-the-roethlisberger-pictures

I'm pretty much finished with this discussion. I believe the photos are legit and you believe that there's a huge conspiracy theory out there which attempts to cast aspersions on Ben's preparedness for Super Bowl XL. In the end, who really gives a crap. I'm theorizing that his party activity that week may have played a role in the worst QB performance by a winning team in Super Bowl history. You believe the pictures are bogus or are chronologically misplaced. Time to agree to disagree and move on.

EDIT: You've got to admit no matter what you believe, this line from the article is hilarious:
"We got shut down by management regarding the story. Apparently, there's concern that our [elderly] owner may frown on our quarterback slugging tequila with bar whores while brandishing the face of a Don Martin cartoon."

 

Got it. Thanks!