A Good Article That Shows Losing BEN and not Antonio Brown would be Potentially Detrimental

https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.c...use-of-ben-roethlisberger-donte-moncrief-juju

Wide receivers have come and gone.

The common denominator ... Ben Roethlisberger

I'm glad someone had the time to write the article because I didn't feel like looking it all up.


The reality is many Steeler fans even have no clue how good this team has it with Ben at QB.

Some of us remember the Kordell Stewart days lmao

 

Kordell actually wasn't all that bad until he wanted to be a pocket passer. Some of us remember Kent Graham.

 

In short, "Slash" was good but Kordell Stewart was not.

Teams did not fear the pass. They'd line up with 8-9 in the box and the Steelers of then with Cowher would line up with the 2 TE and FB sets and just run right at it with Bettis.


Those were an awesome time watching this team exert it's will on defenses with the running game with Bettis, but there's not a prayer in hades that would save the Steelers of then to put together a two-minute drill to win the game.

 

Some of us remember Cliff Stoudt and Mark Malone

EDIT: Why the heck are there two of the same thread???

 

A good QB is always better than a good WR.

Look at Brady, he wins every year with average WR's.

Most of Brady's WR wouldn't be half as good with other teams.

Look at how much better Hines Ward was with Ben. I love Hines. Hines was a worker and didn't have the elite ability, many WR's do. But there is no doubt his best years were in 2004-2010 when Ben came to town.

Hines didn't have near the success, with Kordell or Maddox.

 

UGH! Kent Graham. Some bad memories there.

I have always been of the mindset, that had Chan Galey been the OC for Kordell's entire career, we would remember him far differently. Kordell had his faults, but man was he an exceptional athlete.

 

Bubby (Panic) Brister
Neil O'Donnell
Mike Tomczak
Tommy Maddox

 

Larry Fitzgerald is the perfect example, he is a HOF receiver and the Cardinals do nothing because they don't have a good QB.

 

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/03/04/larry-fitzgerald-on-ab/

"“I love AB, Mr. Best Chest is a good friend of mine,” Fitzgerald said. “But I don’t think he is going about it the right way personally. You know, to be able to play with an all-time quarterback like he is able to play with, I don’t think he understands how good he has it. You know, can get tough out there.”" Larry Fitzgerald


Fun facts

 

Kordell struggled with consistency. He looked like a world beater for 3 games, then he would go in the ****ter for 2.

 

Seems pointless to write such an article. It's like writing an article talking about how the sun is hot. In today's NFL, a top QB is worth 50 top WR's.

 

I'll see your 50 WR's and raise you a coach! Oh ****, I don't have one

 

But there's only one Brady. He is the only QB in the this era with more than two SBs and NE has a system that works. Brady may not be the top stat guy but he just wins and turns the ball over less than others. That's what wins them games.

 

I'll see your coach and raise you an owner! Oh ****, I forgot who I was responding to.

 

Nah, I already have an owner who is perfect! But you already knew that

 

Yep! It's hard to quantify where the lines would be drawn? How good would the Patriots be with a guy like Bortles (although they wouldn't have a guy like Bortles), and how good would Brady be with a team like the Browns (although the Browns wouldn't be who they are if they were smart enough to get a guy like Brady)

There are stat racking guys like Brees and Rivers who don't win a lot of the big games, there is Brady who wins without racking up passing stats, Ben has had a fair amount of both.

 

If we got all the PI calls and were allowed to hold and run picks we could win like Tom Tom too.

 

He never had the poise and know how of working from behind leading a team to a win IMO.

He was good scrambling in the backfield when he failed to go through progressions adequately.

He had a decent arm getting the ball down field.

He routinely led Hines Ward into safeties over the middle. .. >>> can't believe some of the catches Hine's would make getting crushed over the middle.

He was a good slot receiver in his days as "Slash"

Teams never saw him as a threat which is why they'd load 8-9 players in the box in attempts to stop the Bus.

 

But people need reminded.

We'll see how things go in Oakland with Mr. Big Chest running the show holding players accountable.