n huge games, think big ... Big Ben

[wutchy]

Originally Posted by El Nino

look at elway's stats, he was garbage until terrell davis was drafted

True. I was NOT an Elway fan. He was over rated. But he never had a great defense, and still got to 5 super bowls. Why, he could roll out abd beat you with his feet, or buy time. He had Shannon Sharpe though, and that was just as important as Ben having Hines Ward.
He didn't win until Terrell Davis showed up and put them ovewr the hump. But Elway got the love.

[El Nino]

Originally Posted by wutchy

You try to credit Ben with wins, and don't factor in defense. Ben couldn't get us to the playoffs with a lesser defense.

Ben deserves some credit, a lot of it. With Neil O'Donnell we couldn't win the sb. With Kordell Stewart and Maddox couldn't get us there. All their teams had great defenses and running games behind them. It's true Ben has a great defense behind him, but so did those other 3 QB's, and Ben was the only one who won us championships. 2 to boot with a chance to win a 3rd.

A lot of it is because of Ben. I'm not saying he deserves ALL the credit, he does have a team of 53 men who are all responsible, but he's done a hell of a job. If he wins his #3 he will get the respect of the greats who played this game.

[Aussie Steeler]

Originally Posted by wutchy

Brady, Manning, Brees, and Rivers are better QB's. Ben has the leagues best defense to help him win because he can't get points on the board. Ben numbers and stats are comparable to Eli Manning and Joe Flacco. But Eli doesn't have the defense Ben has. Flacco does, thus you have two evenly matched teams in Baltimore and Pittsburgh, with most games decided by a few points. And i think Ben has yet to beat Eli.

The defense makes Ben look good, and LeBeau makes Tomlin look good.

Bradshaw won 4 super bowls, but nobody ever said Bradshaw was the best. Bradshaw was better than Ben for my money. At least he was a pocket passer - and he could scramble too.

Have a look at the Steelers' O-line. Now compare that to Brady, Manning, Brees, Rivers, Eli and Flacco. Stats don't show the whole picture, evident in the last game against Jets.

And how can you say Ben can't put points on the board? When Ben gets free reign to pass first, he absolutely tears up secondaries - time and time again.

[SteelCityMom]

Originally Posted by wutchy

. Ben numbers and stats are comparable to Eli Manning and Joe Flacco. But Eli doesn't have the defense Ben has. Flacco does, thus you have two evenly matched teams in Baltimore and Pittsburgh, with most games decided by a few points. And i think Ben has yet to beat Eli.

Did you just compare Ben's stats to Eli and Flacco stats? Do you even know their stats? Flacco is getting better, but Eli has never become more than average. And their passing stats have little to nothing to do with their defenses.

[LukesDad88]

Ben has a higher career passer rating than Montana, Marino, Favre, and Brees. He is within spitting distance of Brady and Manning. There is nobody above him that has more rings than Brady. He made plays necessary to beat the team that stymied both Brady and Manning. He has been in the league 7 years, and has led them to the AFCCG 4 times. He's played in the AFCCG more years than he hasn't since entering the league.

[caseyviator]

Originally Posted by LukesDad88

Ben has a higher career passer rating than Montana, Marino, Favre, and Brees. He is within spitting distance of Brady and Manning. There is nobody above him that has more rings than Brady. He made plays necessary to beat the team that stymied both Brady and Manning. He has been in the league 7 years, and has led them to the AFCCG 4 times. He's played in the AFCCG more years than he hasn't since entering the league.

BEN IS FIRST alltime in yards/pass attempt
ben is first alltime in yards/pass completion

all time!!!!!!! what this shows is ben is no dink n dunk westcoast offense 5 yard crossing routs...
ben my friends,, he throws the ball down the field !!!!!!! he throws better than any qb in history down the field according to stats of all things!! that is better than montana, bradshaw, marino, unitas, elway,manning,brady,fouts,stalbach, farve, or anyoneelse!! if you go by the stats...see ben is great by stats or being a winner ,,either or, hes still sumthin that comes around once a generation or 2 or 3.....as well as other stats mentioned above, i have to wonder what are sum of these people watching if they dont think ben is one of the alltime great qbs already and is the current best qb playing rite now!!! yes yes better than the god like brady and manning as well as the qbs that have no business in the same discusiion as ben such as rivers and rodgers.

just check bens stats vs eli manning and flacco r u kidding me did u even look at them, not even the same league as ben.

[FanSince72]

The way I feel about Ben is like this:

In the AFCC game, after the last TD by the Jets, they lined up to kick off with 3:06 left in the game and all three timeouts.

Phil Simms mentioned that the Steelers were lined up anticipating an onside kick, but dismissed the idea saying that the Jets should just kick it off normally and use their timeouts and the two-minute-warning to get the ball back.

At that point I thought to myself: "Big mistake!"

You simply do not give Ben the ball with 3:06 left and expect to get the ball back because Ben will find a way to keep getting first downs and force you to run the clock out because Ben gets it done when he has to!

Period!

Guys like Simms think in terms of running and then punting and then playing defense and he even suggested as much when it was 3rd and 6 with 2:00 left.
But Ben isn't Phil Simms (thank God) and he's not afraid to throw the ball in critical situations if necessary and more importantly, Tomlin isn't afraid to let him because he knows that Ben gets it done when he has to!

End result?

Ben got it done...


AGAIN.

When I talk about the great Terry Bradshaw teams of the 70's, I always say that Terry was the kind of QB that if the Steelers were trailing 31-10 at the end of the 3rd Quarter and you turned the game off, you'd pick up the paper the next day and read that they won 35-31.

That's the way it was with Bradshaw and that's the way I feel about Ben; he's the "Terry Bradshaw" of our time.

[El Nino]

Originally Posted by FanSince72

The way I feel about Ben is like this:

In the AFCC game, after the last TD by the Jets, they lined up to kick off with 3:06 left in the game and all three timeouts.

Phil Simms mentioned that the Steelers were lined up anticipating an onside kick, but dismissed the idea saying that the Jets should just kick it off normally and use their timeouts and the two-minute-warning to get the ball back.

At that point I thought to myself: "Big mistake!"

You simply do not give Ben the ball with 3:06 left and expect to get the ball back because Ben will find a way to keep getting first downs and force you to run the clock out because Ben gets it done when he has to!

Period!

Guys like Simms think in terms of running and then punting and then playing defense and he even suggested as much when it was 3rd and 6 with 2:00 left.
But Ben isn't Phil Simms (thank God) and he's not afraid to throw the ball in critical situations if necessary and more importantly, Tomlin isn't afraid to let him because he knows that Ben gets it done when he has to!

End result?

Ben got it done...


AGAIN.

When I talk about the great Terry Bradshaw teams of the 70's, I always say that Terry was the kind of QB that if the Steelers were trailing 31-10 at the end of the 3rd Quarter and you turned the game off, you'd pick up the paper the next day and read that they won 35-31.

That's the way it was with Bradshaw and that's the way I feel about Ben; he's the "Terry Bradshaw" of our time.

but.. but.. but.. REVIS!!!!!

lol sorry i had to say that.

[OX1947]

Some of you need to wait 13 more days before you write this stuff. He needs to win the 3rd one. 2-1 to me doesnt look good in Super Bowls. 3-0 does.

[Third Rail]

Hold your horses, everyone. Ben hasn't proven himself to be a big time quarterback yet because Gary Coleman Douchebag Guy on the Fever Forums says he sucks.