"If Ben were healthy..."

**somedumbguy** · 11-26-2012, 05:28 PM

Was looking at some of the Steelers Boards and "If Ben were healthy..." appears to be the rationalization of the week. The problem is Ben is always getting injured because his O-line is bad and when he scrambles he ends up taking a lot of hits. If his style of play is such that he will miss 2 or 3 games every year or finish up the season at 70%, then the Steelers need to rethink how they use him or his career could end sooner rather than later. It may be true that a healthy Ben Roethlisberger is better than a healthy Joe Flacco, but it appears Joe Flacco healthy for 16 games is better than Ben Roethlisberger healthy for 9.

**Section 502 Raven** · 11-26-2012, 05:34 PM

good points. ben will be 31 next year and he has a lot of wear on the tires.

**Justlovemybirds** · 11-26-2012, 05:38 PM

And if Webby were healthy, or Ray or Suggs/Haloti not being banged up or Ed not having Ed problems......

**mjones73** · 11-26-2012, 05:43 PM

Or the replacement refs weren't so horrible in the Eagles game... :D

**Derf** · 11-26-2012, 05:43 PM

And if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas. First time I heard that was by Don Meredith. Yep, I'm that old.

**Boulderraven** · 11-26-2012, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Justlovemybirds

And if Webby were healthy, or Ray or Suggs/Haloti not being banged up or Ed not having Ed problems......

Yeah, they are the only fanbase that thinks that thier team is the only team in NFL that gets injuries. They also dont think football was played before 1974 despite wearing throwback uniforms every year. Delusional.

**Ravenswintitle** · 11-26-2012, 05:46 PM

maybe having an excuse makes them feel better about having a suckass team.

**JustaslowZ06** · 11-26-2012, 05:47 PM

And the funny thing is he's taking ALOT less hits this year than in years past.

**Sgt CouchPotato** · 11-26-2012, 05:52 PM

he doesn't miss that much time due to injuries... the "if ben wasn't injured" cant be any worse than the "if cam wasn't joe's oc" excuse that gets thrown around here...

**NCRAVEN** · 11-26-2012, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Sgt CouchPotato

he doesn't miss that much time due to injuries... the "if ben wasn't injured" cant be any worse than the "if cam wasn't joe's oc" excuse that gets thrown around here...

Hey!!! That's not an excuse, that's the truth. :D

Seriously though, anyone who doesn't think Cam isn't holding this team back, look at the play calling for the first 3 quarters of the game vs. the last.

**dreamjo** · 11-26-2012, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by somedumbguy

Was looking at some of the Steelers Boards and "If Ben were healthy..." appears to be the rationalization of the week. The problem is Ben is always getting injured because his O-line is bad and when he scrambles he ends up taking a lot of hits. If his style of play is such that he will miss 2 or 3 games every year or finish up the season at 70%, then the Steelers need to rethink how they use him or his career could end sooner rather than later. It may be true that a healthy Ben Roethlisberger is better than a healthy Joe Flacco, but it appears Joe Flacco healthy for 16 games is better than Ben Roethlisberger healthy for 9.

Back in the off-season I got really curious about why they booted Arians for Haley, and in all the talking head analysis I read, that seemed to be at least part of the justification. They wanted the offense to move to a more quick-pass offense, and have Ben hold onto the ball less. Of course, during crunch times in games, Ben reverted back to stuff from the past.

**PurpleApocalypse37** · 11-26-2012, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by Sgt CouchPotato

he doesn't miss that much time due to injuries... the "if ben wasn't injured" cant be any worse than the "if cam wasn't joe's oc" excuse that gets thrown around here...

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