In the fifth start of his career, Roethlisberger, a rookie, beat the defending champions and snapped the Patriots’ 21-game win streak. Week 7, 2004: Steelers beat Patriots (34-20) With all that said, we figured we’d use Roethlisberger’s retirement as an opportunity to remember five of the best Patriots-Steelers games in which Brady and Roethlisberger both played. Of course, Brady, who himself could retire this offseason, now has seven Super Bowl rings. In fact, Roethlisberger, who finished his career with as many Lombardi Trophies as Manning, at the time would’ve tied Brady with three Super Bowl titles had he beaten Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers in 2011. Still, like the Colts in the mid-2000s and the Broncos in the early 2010s, the Steelers throughout the years pushed the Patriots for AFC supremacy. Roethlisberger rightfully ranks behind Brady-Manning in the pantheon of individual NFL rivalries, with Brady having the clear edge in both. Roethlisberger went 0-2 against Brady in the playoffs, with both losses coming in conference championship games. After falling to Brady and the Patriots in their first two playoff matchups, Manning won the next three games, all of which were AFC title games.
However, the Brady-Manning rivalry really separated itself in the postseason. Obviously, there’s a disparity in the numbers based on Brady facing Manning more often than Roethlisberger, but the stats actually are somewhat comparable. In regular-season games against New England, Roethlisberger completed 62% of his passes with 21 TDs and 10 picks. In his regular-season career against New England, Manning completed 63% of his passes with 43 touchdowns and 26 interceptions.Īs for Roethlisberger, he went 4-9 all-time against the Patriots, including 3-9 against Brady, who missed the 2008 matchup due to an ACL tear. Manning retired with a 9-15 record (including postseason) against the Patriots but went 6-11 when it really mattered: against Brady. However, the Brady-Roethlisberger rivalry, which pitted New England and the Pittsburgh Steelers against each other for nearly two decades, deserves its own recognition. It was the NFL’s answer to Magic Johnson vs. The Tom Brady-Peyton Manning rivalry, which involved the Patriots, Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts, gets all of the love - and deservedly so.
BEN ROETHLISBERGER STATS FROM LAST NIGHT PRO
Regardless of how you feel about Roethlisberger as a person, you can’t deny he was one of the best quarterbacks of his generation and deserves a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The 39-year-old, who was the 11th overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, hung up his cleats as a six-time Pro Bowler and two-time Super Bowl champion.
BEN ROETHLISBERGER STATS FROM LAST NIGHT FREE
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