Big Ben Still A Godsend

The defending Super Bowl champions are 2-5. Yes, sadly my Pittsburgh Steelers are 2 and freaking five. Am I happy? Of course not. I had visions of a repeat of what we did last year. Instead in more of a dominating fashion. I wanted to roll through the Bengals to make them realize we beat them in the playoffs because we were better not because they lost Carson Palmer. I wanted to win the Super Bowl again to put to rest the excuses that the refs handed us the game. It is not looking good right now for the men in black and gold. Plenty of blame is available to pass around. I for one, blame Coach cowher who has looked like a statue on the field because he is dreaming of sipping tea on his porch in North Carolina. (of course I like cowher and think he is a hall of famer but come on lets get the jaw going) Most analysts, and I use the term loosely because most people blabbing on TV and radio are idiots, put all the blame on Roethlisberger. Just today I heard Cold Pizza's Woody Paige call Roethlisberger the most overrated player in the NFL! And this is coming from a guy who wildly supports Mike Vick. Normally Woody is okay because afterall he did go to UT, but on this one he is terribly off. Nothing angers me more than people saying Big Ben is overrated. The man went 27-4 as a starter going into the Super Bowl. 27-4. He single handled made a fan base believe in the QB position again, which hasn't happened since Terry Bradshaw was leading the team. His arm strength, decision making, and un-canny ability to make plays with nothing avaibable are just a few of his strengths. He was the YOUNGEST player to ever win a Super Bowl. But hell, he is overrated. The team, not Big Ben, threw all those touchdown passes in the playoffs. The team had a passer rating of 98.6 in 2005, not Ben. Take away the facts and just look at him. The quarterback position is one in sports that you can look at a guy and see if he is able to do the job. He carries himself like a pro. He walks like a pro. And he performs like one. Don't get me wrong. He has played terrible most of the year. And I mean a Stephen A. Smith TERRIBLE. That does not mean he is overrated. Lets go over some well document occurrences. If I say to you motorcycle wreck, removing of an appendix, and severe concussion you might say "A weekend with Lindsay Lohan". But you would be terribly wrong. Those all happened to Roethilsberger since Super Bowl XL. And he still is in the game. Most players can get over turf toe. Big Ben has worked through all those events. Everyone can keep saying he is overrated. Chant it from every rooftop and building you can get on top of. But when Big Ben goes on a 15 game winstreak don't say I didn't warn ya.