Ben Roethlisberger w/#2 pick

[Twisted-Panther]

Ben Roethlisberger
Height: 6-5

Weight: 242

Positives: Ben Roethlisberger has everything you look for in a franchise quarterback. He's got the big arm, but he also has excellent accuracy (69.1%) and nice touch. He is a pure pocket passer with excellent size and he moves around in the pocket well. He also has great escapability, often making the first defender miss. He also throws with incredible accuracy on the run... especially for a player his size.


Negatives: There's not much to dislike about Roethlisberger's game. The only knock on him is that he played in the MAC, but with guys like Pennington and Leftwich coming out of the conference in recent years, I doubt his draft status will be adversly affected.

Projection: At this time, Ben Roethlisberger appears to be an early first-round pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, and could possibly be the first quarterback taken.

Another Steve McNair? could be

[RabidRaider]

I'd rather have Eli, if we go QB...prefer Fritz the most..

[liebo84]

Read that were pretty interested in Roethlisberger, more in Fitzgerald, but too early to tell, really. Roethlisberger is gonna have a helluva combine, the dude has plenty of arm strength and I only saw him play twice but I was really impressed both times. He has the whole package, and dont believe in the Ryan Leaf comparisons. He is almost as smart in Manning in most aspects. He is mobile, he has great size, you really cant go wrong in drafting him. Although I am a big Tui supporter, I would not be unhappy if we were to draft Roethlisberger. Fitzgerald will probably run a bad 40 and his stock may slip a little.