Big Ben Roethlisberger’s Big Day For Pittsburgh Steelers A Sign Of Things To Come
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Ben Roethlisberger did whatever Ben Roethlisberger wanted to do Sunday at Heinz Field.
The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback threw 49 passes — only nine of them were incomplete. The numbers are eye-popping. Roethlisberger went 40-49 for 522 yards and six touchdowns. And the crazy part — it’s the second time he’s thrown for 500 yards in his career. He is now the only NFL quarterback to ever record two 500-yard games.
People often criticize “Big Ben” for holding the ball too long. Well, that wasn’t a problem against the Indianapolis Coltson Sunday. His 522 yards were a franchise record — so were his six touchdown passes. He was a mere 30 yards short of the all-time record for passing yards in a single game in the NFL.
His first 500-yard game came against the Green Bay Packers in December of 2009. He threw for 502 yards and three touchdowns, including a game-winning touchdown pass to Mike Wallace as time expired. He was just 29 of 46 in that game. The game-winning pass made it more memorable than Sunday’s 500-yard game, but Big Ben was much more impressive in this game.
The fact he only threw nine incomplete passes on Sunday was amazing. He picked apart the Colts’ secondary the entire game and spread the ball around to nine different receivers. Two of them (Antonio Brown 133 yards, two TDs, Heath Miller 112 yards, one TD) had over 100 yards — three others (Martavis Bryant 84 yards, two TDs, Markus Wheaton 56 yards, one TD and Le’Veon Bell 56 yards) had more than 55 yards each.
It was quite a sweet way for Roethlisberger to get his 100th career victory. He is one of only four quarterbacks (Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana and Tom Brady) to win 100 of their first 150 games. Big Ben is destined to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer with two Super Bowl rings, two 500-yard passing games and being one of only four quarterbacks to win 100 games in their first 150. And his incredible career isn’t close to over.
You can expect to see Roethlisberger to put up more big numbers throughout the 2014 season and beyond.
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