Ben had bad stats no doubt in 40, but he made some big plays, 3rd and 28 or whatever it was, he scrambled away from pressure, made sure he stayed behind the LOS and found Ward at the 1 yard line to set up our first TD, which he scored. Threw the block that allowed El a clean throw, made a back handed pass to Ward to keep a FG drive alive, and Faneca credited Ben for setting up that Parker TD run.
45 if we're passing around blame, Kemo got bull-rushed right into Ben's arm as he was throwing on that first pick. That crap about them playing to get Ben an MVP is ridiculous, the run to pass split was pretty even up until we were down 21-3. It was 21-10 we stopped GB on defense, got the ball back down 21-10, that drive we ran the ball 4 out of 5 times on that drive, yep playing to get Ben the MVP. We got the ball back down 21-17 in the 4th, and we ran Mendy twice, the 2nd play resulting in a fumble, yep again looks like we were playing to get Ben an MVP. Mendy is just a little *****.
And Starks is a little ***** as well? Where there is smoke there is fire.
Notice there are a bunch of ex teammates who don't have the kindest of words for Ben? Why is that? From Harrison to AB to all the others... it's funny how you don't see that with other NFL QBs.
On the first pick in 45 the D lineman Kemo was blocking got pushed into Ben. Again in one of the dumbest things I have seen a pro QB do Ben pump fakes
to the side he is throwing to. That pulls the safety over WHICH YOU DON"T WANT. Even if his arm isn't hit that throw is probably still intercepted as the safety was making a bee line to Wallace because of the pump fake...as soon as he sees the ball lolipop he undercuts, and makes the pick 6.
On the second pick they go 5 wide for the 3rd time in that series as Mendenhall talked about. Wallace runs the crosser from the left side, Ben
seeing that they are in man and that they have brought a corner up to stop any middle routes leaving one high deep safety TELEGRAPHS the play to Wallace. Heath runs the corner route and is wide open as the Pack secondary got confused and Heath is flailing his arms in the air signaling Ben as he is running toward the end zone by himself. Ben never looked to the right... Wallace was on the left and Heath was on the left and he stared Wallace down as he ran into a linebacker and the corner that came down... never bothering to look at Heath....no pass rush pressure..throws to Wallace...interception leading to a TD. 14 points spotted courtesy of 7.
The D did a great job holding off Rodgers after they got 7 early, but finally the dam broke toward the end. Ben was given chance after chance by our D and all we got were a lot of bad throws and a few good ones. Mendenhall was ripping run after run(even though he had few carries) 8-9 to 10 yards a pop. So was Moore and even Redman had a good run. The drive you are talking about was not 4 of 5...it was 5 of 5 for 50 and a TD.... no passes.
And of course Ben is also responsible for Willie Parker's record setting Super Bowl run in 40....LOL....the legend grows...like Pinocchio's nose. He got Parker that run while having broken toes of course...you know drama and all.
And leading up to Super Bowl 45 in both playoff games Ben had a combined total of 367 yards and 2 touchdowns to 2 interceptions with a QBR of 75....I can rest my case just on that.
Mendenhall fumbled on a hit from Mathews that any NFL running back would fumble on and lost the game for the Steelers...but Ben had a guy pushed into his arm....wasn't his fault....you see how that bias works? Even after the dumbass pump fake. And let's conveniently ignore the 14 points he spotted them.
I am not a defender of Mendenhall and I am not a Ben hater by any means, but sometimes we have to take the black and gold colored glasses and the faded Big Ben Fathead off the wall and be real...be honest.
Watch the Mendenhall video I posted from about the 49 minute mark to about the 1 hour mark. That's only 10 minutes...in those 10 minutes you will learn something about what team means. Again: not a Mendenhall defender, don't care for his Bin Laden comments and all the other stuff he's said in the past. I'm only listening to the football parts and the dude makes some legit points.
Again: Ben stunk in all 3 Super Bowls. Other than the last drive in 43 there is not much to write home about. And he definitely did not deserve MVP for any of those games.
