Ben Roethlisberger
Ben Roethlisberger
Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger, Sr., nicknamed Big Ben, is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football at Miami University, and was drafted by the Steelers in the first roundof the 2004 NFL Draft...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth2 March 1982
CityLima, OH
CountryUnited States of America
dreamt receiver senior until
To play receiver and not play quarterback until my senior year, I never thought I'd be in this situation. I always wanted to be here and dreamt about it as a kid, but I never thought it would happen.
fans knew
We knew this was going to be a battle. The fans and (the media) are the ones (who thought otherwise).
confident fake force left looking opportunity receiver saw takes three tried
Well, that was one of those things where I was looking left the whole way and we had three receivers over there, ... I tried to fake to Antwaan (Randle El) right away and didn't feel confident and didn't want to force it, so I saw the opportunity to go to my right, and went right, and that's when the receiver takes over.
ball pass screen threw
I threw the ball so hard. You would have thought I threw a little screen pass to him.
mastering
It is a growing-up process. I'm a long way from mastering anything.
believe
Y'all want to come in now? All the non-believers. You want to come in now?
definitely last
We definitely want to go to Cincinnati. They got us last time.
ball feels good plan promise promised worked
We worked a plan and it worked. The ball feels good in my hand. I made a promise to 'The Bus'. I promised him I would get him back to Detroit. We're going and I'm so happy.
dropping guy looking normally people playing sitting throwing
They started throwing people all over the place, ... You're sitting there looking at it, and a guy that's normally a linebacker is playing safety, he's dropping deep.
balanced couple last offense people proven remain sure throw took win
A lot of people said that if we have to throw the ball, we can't win the game. Myself, the line, we took offense of that. The last couple weeks, we've proven that's not the case. We have to keep going and make sure we remain a balanced offense like we have been doing.
last people proved three throw win
A lot of people said that if we had to throw the ball, we couldn't win the game. In the last three weeks, we've proved that's not the case.
offense people proven throw took
A lot of people said that if we had to throw the ball, we can't win. Myself, the line, the receivers, we kind of took offense to that. We've kind of proven that's not the case.
amazing defense faced team toughest
They're a team that has persevered and done amazing things. It could be the toughest defense we've faced all year.
gets good
They're as good as it gets in the NFL.