I don’t blame him. Who wants to get hit by 300lb defensive linemen in their 40’s?
He’s been mediocre at best the last 2/3 years. Plus he’s a rapist so it will be good to see him go.
I predict the Steelers will draft Kenny Pickett, from Pitt, and he’s going to turn out to be their next great QB.
Anybody remember the rape situations (plural) early in Ben’s career...?
I recall that Big Ben paid off both girls with out of court settlements...
Those events have receded into the quiet woodwork of NFL history...
If these assaults had happened in today’s social environment, there would likely be no HOF chance for Big Ben...we shall see what happens in 5 years...?
Quality QB who won a couple of Super Bowls. Never the guy you’d point to as the best in the league or even one of the top two or three, but the dropoff from him to Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins will be steep.
wonder who biden will nominate to be the next quarterback...
Great career. 2 Super Bowl Championships. We’ll miss you Ben!
God help the Steelers if Biden gets to appoint his replacement too.
He was great on the field. But that rape accusation from way back when hangs over him IMHO.
Reminder that Jim Plunkett and Eli Manning both got 2 SBs too, and they're not in the HOF.
Fwiw, that second rape charge was at a college bar. What kind of national celebrity who is engaged to be married hangs out at what’s known as an underage college bar on their birthday. Last birthday at a bar without your fiance? And the girl was tested and shown to have been raped, but somehow that still “wasn’t enough evidence”. This wasn’t the first time for him to be accused and not just another everyday run of the mill “assault” of a drunken ball player. He traveled with body guards and they know exactly what happened.
TB12 is next.
I thought for sure he was going to retire two or three years ago.
My impression of him in the years that I watched him was that he had size and skill, but that he had a bit of a doughy look to him, and that he liked to relax, have a good time and wasn’t into the physical conditioning end of things.
NOTE: That is my impression from afar. I know nearly nothing about him, so I could be completely wrong. Just my impression.
My other impression was he was a good quarterback.
And one of my favorite players of all time was just that kind of guy-Sonny Jurgensen!