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[ProfessaPackMan]

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How so??

I think you are mistaking someone who takes a lot of hits and leaves games versus an injury history.

Aren't they both one in the same though?

[kingkilla56]

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There is no Bengals Raven's thread. But LOL at the Ravens on that Hail Mary.

[m1ke_nyc]

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There is no Bengals Raven's thread. But LOL at the Ravens on that Hail Mary.

Amazing. Now the Bengals will win in overtime when they should have lost this game.

[Redacted01]

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I'll take a Bengals win any way I can. Gives the Jets a prime spot in the playoffs with the Titans going down, Chargers likely going down, and hopefully the Ravens losing.

[TheRealHST]

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Now if the Bengals hit a FG does that end it? If so.. I dont get these so called new OT rules

[m1ke_nyc]

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Now if the Bengals hit a FG does that end it? If so.. I dont get these so called new OT rules

No the Ravens would get the ball. If Bengals got a TD then it would have been over.

EDIT: WTF was that by the Bengals ?

[Redacted01]

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No the Ravens would get the ball. If Bengals got a TD then it would have been over.

EDIT: WTF was that by the Bengals ?

They got Marvin'd.

[kingkilla56]

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I doubt he's unhappy, but I'm sure he wants another shot at a Super Bowl while also leaving PIT on good terms and in better shape with picks coming back their way.

Can't fault him for that. The AFC is tough, and the North seems to have flipped with CIN and (I hesitate...) CLE showing signs of life and PIT down and BAL without guys who made them what we think of them as.

What are some good destinations for him? MIN, JAC... Could be STL though not sure what the financials and opinion on Bradford is.

In Ben's post game he called those reports BS and called the concept of him wanting to play somewhere else "Unacceptable".

[kehlis]

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Aren't they both one in the same though?

No.

Is a quarterback leaving with a banged up knee or shoulder who returns the following week the same thing as quarterbacks who leave games with concussions???

[TheShizNo1]

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I take it some of you don't think he could go to a team with a line that can actually block? Or you feel that that is pointless.

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[ProfessaPackMan]

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No.

Is a quarterback leaving with a banged up knee or shoulder who returns the following week the same thing as quarterbacks who leave games with concussions???

In this particular example, no.

But when I read this:

How so??

I think you are mistaking someone who takes a lot of hits and leaves games versus an injury history.

You made it sound like someone can "take a lot of hits and leave gameS" and not have an injury history, which is why I asked.

But using those exact words that you said, that's exactly how one develops an injury history.

[l3ulvl]

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IF he did want out, which I know he disputed but he's gotta say that, what about a reunion with Bruce Arians?

[rangerrick012]

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Re: Big Ben: he's only played a full 16 game season once, which seems pretty low for someone that's been a franchise qb as long as he has.

http://thebiglead.com/2013/06/10/ben-roethlisberger-and-injuries-how-long-does-he-really-have-left/

[SPTO]

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Re: Big Ben: he's only played a full 16 game season once, which seems pretty low for someone that's been a franchise qb as long as he has.

http://thebiglead.com/2013/06/10/ben...lly-have-left/

I think durability is a HUGE concern for Big Ben. I put him in the cadre of QBs like Steve Bartkowksi, Bert Jones and Neil Lomax who got sacked like crazy and it greatly impacted on their durability and quality of play. Big Ben is bigger than those guys and is probably the most purely talented of the lot (though I think Lomax could give him a run for his money. His issue was more due to an arthritic back than anything else) but he doesn't play the game "smart". We all love that he can extend the play better than most QBs but that just opens himself up to get creamed whether it's with the ball in his hands or just after he releases it. At some point his body is going to break down to the point that he can't be as good as he was early in his career.

Personally, if I were the Steelers if a team came up to me with a ridiculous offer for Big Ben i'd be very tempted to take it because if he keeps getting hit at the rate he is then he's going to be out of the game by 35 or younger.

[slickdtc]

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I think durability is a HUGE concern for Big Ben. I put him in the cadre of QBs like Steve Bartkowksi, Bert Jones and Neil Lomax who got sacked like crazy and it greatly impacted on their durability and quality of play. Big Ben is bigger than those guys and is probably the most purely talented of the lot (though I think Lomax could give him a run for his money. His issue was more due to an arthritic back than anything else) but he doesn't play the game "smart". We all love that he can extend the play better than most QBs but that just opens himself up to get creamed whether it's with the ball in his hands or just after he releases it. At some point his body is going to break down to the point that he can't be as good as he was early in his career.

Personally, if I were the Steelers if a team came up to me with a ridiculous offer for Big Ben i'd be very tempted to take it because if he keeps getting hit at the rate he is then he's going to be out of the game by 35 or younger.

Yeah, if there's a desperate team willing to sell their future for a few years with Roethlisberger, gotta take it. They should be rebuilding this offseason. They have a young QB in Landry Jones, not sure if he's their answer but it's a start. And they can always draft one this spring.

However, I think PIT will be too loyal to do that.