Ben Answers How Long He Has Left With The Steelers

Come on Ben, lets focus on getting #7. The hour glass isn't slowing down


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It's hard to believe, but it's been a dozen years since Ben Roethlisberger was that 22-year-old wonder kid leading the Steelers to a 15-1 record.

Now, Big Ben is 34, and is one of the elder statesmen of a Pittsburgh team...

LINK: http://pit.247sports.com/Bolt/QB-Ben-Roethlisberger-addresses-future-with-the-Steelers-45172125

 

That wasn't much of an answer.

 

Lol. I know right. But "hauntingly" similar to the response Hines Ward, Troy P., ...and others gave at one time...

 

3-4 yrs left in my opinion. One more championship

 

I say he has 2 good years barring a major injury . It is really time to start thinking about the QB of the future .

 

Tanking 1 or 2 seasons after Ben retires is the Steelers' best bet to get another franchise QB.

Other than that it's just the diamonds in the rough in the late rounds which are so hard to get.

 

We don't need to tank. We just need to scout well.

You don't have to find your future QB in the first round. Raiders didn't. And we whiffed on Russell Wilson and took Mike Adams instead.

 

Well, that's simple enough. I feel much more confident.

 

We didnt whiff on wilson, Ben had just finished his 8th season with 3 super bowl starts, and at best wilson at 5-11 was a projected backup only prospect, if we was looking for Bens replacement that early, it wouldnt have been wilson, had we drafted him he never would have replaced ben that early in his career and wilson would have been long gone before now because he wouldnt have seen a future here....

 

Let me rephrase..

My point was that you don't have to take a QB in upper echelon's of the first round. I was giving second round "examples" of QB's that can be found. Of course we didn't need a starting QB then. But the point was that they can be found later. Sorry I didn't make that clear.

 

Well the fact finders would disagree with you Dean;

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...n-draft-origins-for-starting-nfl-quarterbacks

 

The Steelers will invariably tank after Ben leaves. Steelers will be picking in the top 10 within a year or two of his departure.

The only way that doesn't happen is if the defense miraculously makes another string of years in the top 5.

I don't place any value on finding another QB right now.

All in with Ben. Find another QB in the post-Ben era.

 

Russel Wison, David Carr are just two examples I need to give. And Aaron Rodgers was gotten with the 25/26 pick in the first round.

 

I hope your wrong. Maybe we will have the defense up to snuff by then.

 

Agreed. Offense fell to pieces with Landry and Vick under center, and Landry is a very competant backup QB. Big Ben is clearly jugular of the O right now, even with all those pro bowlers on the field. I fear the Big Benless Steelers franchise.

In Colbert I trust. He doesn't sleep. Always scouting. Odds are if you're watching a high school game right now Colberts on the bleachers eating a hot dog. If our future QB is out there between college or HS, Colberts probably already got a list.

 

David Carr was a 2nd round pick. There are exceptions to the rule.

It just makes more sense to surround Ben with as much talent as possible for a Superbowl push right now.

 

True...I'd love to maximize our entire team as much as possible while we have a franchise QB playing well. And Colbert attacked our weakest area in the draft. So we'll all keep our fingers crossed.

 

Those are called 'outliers.' Brees, Brady, Wilson are rarities. Your strategy can't be to catch lightning in a bottle. To find a needle in a haystack. Of course, your strategy shouldn't be to 'tank' either (unless your franchise is just an absolute mess -- ours isn't). The overwhelming majority of elite qbs are first-round picks.

That's like suggesting playing the lottery is a proven guide for becoming rich and then citing examples of people who have won the lottery.

 

I got news for you; it's all playing the lottery. The science of getting a legit QB really hasn't gotten better in the last 10-15 years. It's all "finding a needle in a haystack" no matter what round you draft. No way in the world do I want this team to bottom out totally just so we can have a top 10 draft spot to find a QB.

I'd much rather keep this team strong in all the positions around that QB and then make the proper selection (find a needle in a haystack) in the late 1st round or 2nd round and beyond and go from there.

One thing that I don't hear any of the NFL talking heads converse about is the fact that there are only a handful of guys in this league who even know how to really groom a QB. So, I don't care how talented a prospect is; if the teacher is crap, then that guy is just about doomed. It's a two part equation of getting the right guy and having a legit QB coach/teacher.

But I do not ever want to "bottom out".

 

I agree with most of what you said but it's not "all playing the lottery." The lottery is 100% chance. 100%. With the NFL draft, you can generally project whether a college player will find success in the pros. It doesn't always work out, of course, but there aren't an equal amount of seventh-rounders on NFL rosters (or Pro Bowls or the HOF) as there are first-rounders.

I don't know if there are any qb coaches that are heads and shoulders above the rest of the qb coaches in the league. I'm completely ignorant about that. I think that what leads to a qbs success would probably be prioritized like: 1) Skill set 2) System 3) Team (surrounding cast) 4) I don't know. Maybe this is where qb coach appears? I think you might be putting too high a priority on the importance of a great qb coach leading to a successful career at qb. I could be wrong. I don't know.

I'm with you. I don't ever want to "bottom out" either.

 

When you can't protect youself, it's time to get out. Just too many hits for #7
over the years. I see two good years in his future, barring no more injuries.Steeler
scouts should be beating the bushes for the next one now.There out there you have to find them. He maybe just entering college.

 

Yes. Ben will be a 35 yr old QB getting under center after this 2016 season. If this franchise takes the route of "playing it safe", they'll begin a coordinated effort to find a serious candidate to step in. If their smart, they'll get him soon so he can have the opportunity to train under Ben for a yr or two. This will definitely be a spotlight issue for the next several years. Keep a close watch on the next "one or two" QB's the team gets. The current guys we have just don't have "it"

 

4-5 years, I predict he will win two more Super Bowls by then

 

Both of the Franchise multiple Super Bowl winning QB's for the Steelers were found in the upper echelon of the 1st round.

Then you have Mark Malone, selected with the last pick in the 1st round in 1980.

We have dealt with plenty of Ham and Eggers over the years.

When Ben leaves this team will struggle. So I can see a top 10 pick in the future. Unless you all were happy with the Ham And Egger theory...

 

landry should be ready by then.