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a Baltimore writer about Ben:
3. You can hate him as much as you want, but you have to acknowledge that Ben Roethlisberger is a heck of a football player. And he owns the Ravens until proven otherwise. Sorry, but it's a fact.
Roethlisberger reminds me of every meathead jock I ever loathed playing with or against as a football player. And even though he wasn't charged for his behavior this off-season, just reading the police report makes you ill. The guy is not someone I have a high opinion of as a person.
But as a football player? I continue to marvel at the plays he makes. The guy is a winner. To escape from Suggs the way he did and then fling the ball out of bounds to avoid a crucial sack was incredible. To get essentially punched in the face in the first quarter, have your nose smashed like it was a fortune cookie, and not have it phase you? That's pretty tough. For the Ravens, it's almost like Roethlisberger is a villain in a horror movie. Every time they think they've killed him off, he comes back and makes another huge throw. The play where he avoided Haruki Nakamura on the blitz, then rolled out and found Emanuel Sanders open inside the 2-yard line was, I thought, the play of the game.
The Ravens threw a ton of stuff at him. It was probably Greg Mattison's best performance as a defensive coordinator. And with a broken foot, and a broken nose, he still found a way to make enough plays to win. Until the Ravens prove they can beat him, I'm convinced he's going to torture them. And he seems to enjoy it.
"At one point, I looked over at [Suggs] and he was bleeding from mouth. I was bleeding from the nose," Roethlisberger said. "That says a lot about a Ravens-Steelers football game."Comment -
Colin Cowherd sucks just had to say itComment -
What about the fact that Steelers almost had 0 touchdowns, if it was not for the Fumble? Got to love the criteria he is being judged by here...Not a Ben hater. Actually think he is very good.Comment -
As far as I can see, Colin gets hated on for having an opinion. Does he occasionally say some ridiculous stuff?...Absolutely...and so would you if you had to talk about sports to the general public for hours every day. He's not afraid of being opinionated and a hypocrite... SFW. ESPN would be better off if there were more people like him working for the network.
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OK Big Ben is real good but we know this.Comment -
What is the point he is one of the 5 or 6 best in the NFLComment -
Cowherd is a total d-bag. Good fade material thoughComment -
I listen to Colin all the time and although he's an ass and somewhat of an elitist, he's a lot smarter than people care to acknowledge. I don't agree with all his opinions and views but he sure knows how to elicit an emotional response and that's all he cares about and it gets ratings. Usually you can trace people's hate towards him based on some comment he probably made about their fav team that they didn't agree with so they decided that he's an idiot....people are so small.Comment -
Haha, entertainig read there.Comment -
its sad that deuche bags get all the talentComment
