Big Ben Rookie Year Highlights
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- Highlights from every regular season start of Ben Roethlisberger's amazing rookie season in 2004. Updated version with NO MUSIC can be found here: • Big Ben's Amazing Rook...
2004 was a truly SPECIAL season for the Steelers, despite not hoisting a Lombardi at the end. It remains one of my favorite seasons of all time, and other than 1976, the 2004 squad was perhaps the best Steeler team to not win a Super Bowl. It was an incredibly fun year. And central to that fun was the birth of the Ben Roethlisberger era.
Ben elevated the team from the moment he stepped on the field. By his 3rd start, he was taking over games. He very quickly distinguished himself as the best player on offense, and his insertion into the starting lineup almost instantly transformed that team from talented underachiever to heavyweight contender. The young QB wasn't perfect... but he had "Hall of Fame" written all over him right from the start. And the Steelers immediately began winning games with Ben that they would've lost without him.
Throughout his career, it's never been about what Roethlisberger has done "statistically." He's never been a particularly coveted fantasy football player, even in the midst of 5000-yard seasons. That's because fantasy football is 100% stats-based, and stats aren't what make Ben great. It's about what he does in BIG moments, clutch plays that "only" Ben Roethlisberger makes, that winning edge that he brought to the team from the moment he stepped on the field. Ben is largely defined by intangibles. But first and foremost, it's about WINNING. And he's been winning since the start.
This video features highlights from every regular season game of Ben Roethlisberger's amazing "Rookie of the Year" season in 2004. It's a long video (16-1/2 minutes), but I've watched it multiple times and it makes me smile every time.
Big Ben has always been underrated & undervalued by the NFL. No one ever puts him in the top 10.
The media hates him and are always gushing over Brady Rodgers Brees etc..when hes on hes just as good if not better than all of them..its the accusations earlier in his career that make him undervalued by the pulbic..everyone knows Roethlisberger is an all timer and arguably top 10 all time
@@DTB1995 his fault tho
@@Williamtheartistt no he got two rings
This is true. The top 10 QBs of the 2010s had Ben at #11 ffs. That is mad disrespect. They put Peyton in the top ten over Ben in the 2010s. Peyton only played up until 2015
Him and Phillip rivers
Ben is a rare QB... Nobody plays like how he plays
@@DTB1995 he sure does play to win 💯
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3x 500 yd games
2x 6-TD games, back to back
Not even the GOATs have accomplished those - pretty eye popping stats.
Daniel Barwatt he has a tendency to force a lot of throws but I don’t think he will do it this year without ab
@@DTB1995 Maybe Allen has a little bit of Rothlesberger in him instead?
Justin Herbert reminds me of a young Big Ben.
I used to watch every game with my mom. His whole career she screamed “ben, throw the fucking ball”. I miss her, this video made me tear up thinking about the great memories we had on steeler Sunday. She loved ben so much
That must have been so special to watch The Amazing Steelers with your mom as a huge fan.
Aww
We don't know how much we miss him till he's not here.
Steelers will be 8-8 for a few years after he is gone.
I was just thinking that.
Hearing "this kid can play" with the season he's having now makes me think this is his last season
@@PeterSedesse They'll be lucky if they are
@@DoomKingBarr yea but the thing is he’s still not even that bad people are only saying he is awful because they have seen him when he was a top 10 quarterback of all time and that’s why they think he is so bad. He is at least better then 10 starting quarterbacks this year maybe more
The greatest, most naturally gifted QB that will ever be known! Big Ben was a gift from god to the city of Pittsburgh!
Plaxico, Ward, & Randel El to start and Juju, Washington and Johnson to finish and Sanders, Brown, Holmes & Wallace in the middle. Not a bad complement to Big Ben!
Holmes, Wallace, and Bryant all bombed when they left though
Payton Gutierrez Wallace, Burress, and Sanders all had a pretty good amount of success when they left. Maybe not as much as they would have had for the Steelers, but pretty good none the less. And Holmes had a couple of good years when he left.
Ben made AB. AB, like Santanio Holmes, will be a middle of the back WR1. Just as Bell will be a middle of the pack RB1. Out of Holmes, Burress, AB, Wallace and Sanders, Sanders had by far the best and longest career after leaving the Steelers. The rest had a good year and then faded.
Marcus Wheaton was another middle one, though he was inconsistent and too flopped after leaving Pittsburgh
And now he has Claypool too
Crazy looking back on his mobility. What a great QB he is
He reminds me of Mahomes here..can sling it good in the pocket and can scramble when he needs to
That year was so exciting. I remember it like it was yesterday. We knew that we had something special....& special it ended up being.....that's for sure
Agreed. Probably my favorite season since the glory days of the '70s, despite not ending in a championship.
He is as complete a quarterback as they get. He does things with unbelievable talent that most other quarterbacks aren't able to do at all.
Best rookie season ever for a QB. Simply Amazing.
You can see in this compressed form what made Ben so different. He moved around very well extending the play and the coverage is breaking down. Those defensive backs can only cover those wide receivers for so long.
Marshall Karp very much like Rodgers
I was wearing his jersey as soon as it was available, He set a NFL standard regarding rookie QB’s and how fast they are expected to succeed. Dan Rooney was a Genius in personally picking him, Cowher and Co. were looking to pick a Offensive lineman and Mr Rooney put a quick end to that!
I seen Ben preseason in Philly his rookie year.....I came home and said to my son we finally have our new Bradshaw this guy's gonna take us to the Superbowl!!!!
That was one hell of a year!
With a bitter ending.
@@DTB1995 And we won next year
Thank you Ben.
No DINK N DUNK here like Tom Brady.... These are real NFL passes.
Yeah because you should totally go for the long bomb every time when they give you the short guaranteed 5 to 6 yards every time...
@@lightyagami3492 Nothing is 'guaranteed' with Tom's dink n dunk 4 yard dinkers and if you need an example look to the PICK SIX by Brady against 9-7 Titans in playoffs last season during the crucial final possession....
Light Yagami it worked didn’t it?
@@jnyfumare If Brady had those receivers he would be launching it down field all the time too like when he had Randy Moss. Hell just give Brady a guy like Hogan and he can have a decent deep ball.
Lol dinking and dunking won him 7 rings shit head 💩😂😂😂😂
Always loved how he broke tackles in the pocket then would bomb it downfield exciting stuff
It's hard not to argue that Roethlisberger was the MOST pro-ready QB ever after watching this magical 1st season.
One of my top 5 Steelers. Man we miss u Big Ben. Hurts to see what Pitt has become in 2022. Don’t know what you got till it’s gone Steeler nation.
Everyone…just picture for a minute. Hear me out. Imagine the things Barry Sanders could’ve done with a Tom Brady offensive line. Now imagine the things Ben could’ve done with a TB offensive line. He’s a HOF in my book. Being a dyed through the wool Steelers fan since I was in 8th grade. I’m almost 39 now. I love this team. Thick and thin. I’m grateful to have seen what I’ve seen with this team. 2 Super Bowl wins in my life is more than other fans could dream of. I’m a very lucky, heavily devoted fan. To the end.
Ben is underated
He did this with no pre-season prep. He was just thrown in. There is only one other T-formation QB who played great in his very 1st pro season and went on to play at the top level for the rest of his career and win championships. That was Otto Graham, still the GOAT. That's mighty fine company to be in.
Thanks Ben for everything you have become. A great father, a great husband, a man of God, and of course: A Pittsburgh Steeler!
See you in Canton my friend. Love ya to death!
A true Pittsburgh Steeler
The amount of times he fooled the cameraman alone with the pump fake! I remember watching some of these games live and being confused for a second where the ball was myself….. what a LEGEND!
Truth. Best pump fake I’ve ever seen, period. 👍🏻
Planned to watch just a few seconds of this-ended up rewatching it 2 more times in its entirety. I remember he was special as a rookie, thanks for reminding me just how incredibly special he was.
Agreed, it was apparent almost immediately that the Steelers had struck gold with Ben.
@@mcmillenandwife I remember that each week we held our breath wondering if the game(s) before we’re a fluke and that the bubble would burst and we would once again have a mediocre QB. It finally burst last year but only with #7’s retirement.
WHAT AN AMAZING QB THE BEST THE STEELEERS HAVE EVER HAD. STEELERS WERE SMART TO DRAFT HIM HE WILL BE MISSED HE REALLY CAN DO IT ALL NEVER SAY NEVER WHEN THE BALL IS IN BENS HANDS LOVE YA BEN LOVE YA STEELERS
Kind of amazing to see how much the game has changed in the past 10-15 years. All the way back in ‘04 they were running so much under center. Some teams didn’t even have the shotgun still. Who ever thought that Ben would go through the transformation of play that he’s gone through too.
I hope the people that take time to watch this video look at all of the routine plays Ben made from the pocket as a rookie.
And that this whole notion that all he did was run around and play playground football is nothing more than a farce.
Keith Froehlich... TRUTH.
Thank you for preparing and uploading this compilation. Imagine Ben Roethlisberger's numbers if he had a truly stellar offensive line from his very first play as a starter.
he had a good o-line just not a great one like a Dallas 90's one.
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I seem to recall Ben taking an inordinate amount of hits early in his career and sports analysts laying much of the blame at a marginal offense line. Ben's protection has noticeably improved during the last several years of his career.
@@jeffersonianideal True, but not his rookie season.
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Let's go to the stats vault. Ben's sack percentage when attempting to pass was 9.2% in 2004.
@@jeffersonianideal alright, i gotcha. It didn't seem that way watching it.
Best Quarterback in my opinion
Here watching this in 2021 just trying to ease the pain.
Not the fastest but when he runs he makes you pay, highly accurate, very hard to take down, accurate in the run as well, he is definitelyone of the greatest
Great touch too
When I saw the Dallas New England and Philadelphia stretch 3 in a row .....I knew this guy was great....as a matter of fact I was impressed with that first start in Miami during that storm .....7 is the first jersey I got ...this from a guy that saw and enjoyed the 4 championships of the 70s
The cliffhanger ending was perfect, especially considering it involved the sinister Ravens.
Let's go Benn!!! Lemme tell yall how much imma Steelers fan.... I live in Baltimore... Big Ben
great video editing this is the best roethlisberger highlights i've seen and it's sparking memories of watching and hearing these calls live
There never gonna be another brand of football like ben
The man is a BEAST! Let's do it one more time, Ben!
I love it at 1:16 when he runs up to Hines all pumped up. I miss seeing him so fired up like that.
On another note. Just like Namath predicting the Super Bowl win. and the end of his rookie season, the bus said he was going to retire. Ben talked to him, and said stick with me 1 more season, and I promise you, you'll get that Super Bowl win.,... And he did.
Remember that like it was yesterday...I'll never forget the bus say "I'm going home!" Was mad happy for him
FIRST.BALLOT.HALL.OF.FAME!
For the people saying Big ben is a terrible qb, no one is saying that he is a goat or anything like that. Obviously there are better like joe montana, dan marino and the likes of others. But Big ben sure as hell deserves to be HOF for all the clutch plays he has successfuly pulled off. He his perfectly happy with his 2 superbowl trophies. He plays his heart out to win A game.
He actually has better stats than Marino, scores slightly more, turns the ball over slightly less, better completion %, and damn near 10 points in QBR.
What a great video to watch after Ben’s probable last home game. What an emotional game and great win that was
Ben had such touch on the ball... He has gotten older and complacent with his throw now. Amazing footage👍
I remember watching him take over for Maddox when I was young... I was so confused as to how a rookie quarterback from a small-time school could play so much better than the veteran quarterback... Little did I realize that I was witnessing a Hall of Famer in the making...
I was too young to see Brady sub in for Bledsoe, but I'd imagine this is how people felt about their situation as well.
How does someone the size of a tight end, the speed and mobility of an offensive line coach, the experience of a rookie and the looks of a hayseed, get away with all that Houdini magic?!
He ran a 4.7 lol definitely not OL speed
Big Ben was Heaven's answer to Steeler fans who always asked: "What would have been... had the Steelers drafted Marino?"
In my view, Ben is better than Marino.
Not just with Super Bowl wins, but you can now make the stats comparisons right beside the accomplishments.
Thank you. I always laugh at those comments saying that the running game helped him out his first year.
To be fair, it did. Watch this video again and watch how many times they were in run defense and the LBs were moving forward. The defense also helped, I think the highest anyone scored Ben's rookie season was like 21 or so. It was the same as Russell Wilson his rookie season. #1 running game and #1 defense. It was obvious Ben was going to be a star, but starting your career with the #1 defense and running game certainly helped.
#McMillens Big Be's the Best Ever!! Rookie QB season "in my opinion" because i know Marino had one too. and special Thanks for bringing the full uploads back the Websites As well. Very Very....Much Appreciated! 😃
This guy’s an absolute legend all there is to say
BACK YARD BEN!!!
this is just crazy big Ben
A few days ago Was his last match at Heinz field and i'm still crying
Man, he looks nothing like this now in 2021. What a career though. Big Ben. Legend .
No he changed his game from a mobile gunslinger to a pocket QB and was still just as lethal I might even say he is better today in 2022 than he was back in 2006
@@sportsbooklab7147 u would be wrong
@@thefly1203 Crazy how the Steelers never had a losing season the entire 18 years of Big Bens career and the first year he is gone they turn into the worst team in the NFL
@@sportsbooklab7147 that didn’t happen
RIP I-formation
I wanna see Tom Baby, sorry, brady, make half of these plays
Anthony C. He’s made plenty of plays as the GOAT, fuck outta here
Brady made plenty of plays with half the talent. And was six times more successful!
Joseph Robinson-Newell patriots fanboy located
@@DTB1995 yeah it helps. They just took advantage. They still had to play the best of the best in the playoffs to win those Superbowls.
They still had to play all those games against division rivals, And actually, their win loss record against the AFC East opponents is worse than vs any other opponents no matter which division over the last two decades.
And they did it in the salary cap era, which was supposed to be the big equalizer.
Keep wondering...
@@DTB1995 what you got? A Harry Potter crystal ball or something?
He could have been picked by the Steelers and they would have just wasted all that talent.
Tomlin...Lmao
Won his first 15 games as a starter. Incredible
Could you upload a version without the music
Just turn down the volume.
@@jeffersonianideal I want to hear the commentary, it's still in those clips but is just drowned out by the pointless music
@@exiledrabbit
I completely understand. Just my poor attempt at levity.
Updated version with no music is here: ua-cam.com/video/89Yj3BTBjmU/v-deo.html
@@mcmillenandwife the music is good
I watch more college football than pro and Roethlisberger was the best QB in 2003 college ball. Not just the QBs coming to the draft but of all of them that season. What's interesting is that the way he played made me think that he might be a 21st century version of Otto Graham and I think he has been the closest to Graham who by all and any measuring sticks is still the greatest QB of all time. He combines at the highest level the 3 major aspects of T-formation QB play. They are (1) passing, (2) play making/ball carrying, (3) leading/winning. Plus, he possesses Graham's toughness & competitive spirit. The only other QB in pro history who possessed all of these qualities at that level was Staubach.
In terms of passing consistency in the last 30 years or so, remember that some QBs have a large home field advantage such as playing indoors or being familiar with high altitude & rarefied air which is also a big winning advantage, (Brees, Ryan, P.Manning, Elway,Warner).
Every time Even till this. Day when. He rolls out that. Pocket Big shit. Happens Great qb. Tough as nails.
Miss Ward Plex and El wish they could of played more years with us..
amazing video! many thanks for sharing!!!
Undisputed number one rookie season. Screw Randy moss and his 17 touchdowns, Ben came in and went undefeated until the AFC championship game that’s unequivocally the best rookie season any player has ever had.
Whoever had burress on their fantasy team in that Cleveland game must bring back good times
Just look at the offensive sets. No more than 3 receivers, fullback and running back. We need to get back to it.
Top 5 quarter back of all time
The only QB to do this ish right here my guy
Muyyyyy buenos momentos de nuestro gran mariscal. Saludos a toda la gran nación acerera desde la CDMX
That OLine was 🔥
These cut scenes got me thinking my phone freezing 😂
Plaxico Burress highlight reel 😂
The play at 13:15 is sick
I remember seeing some tape of him from college, Man he was good, I think it was an interview with Colbert where I saw it. and they had some interest in him, I remember he came to PGH to meet and greet with Cower and crew. And then the whole draft mash up between Ben, Manning, and Rivers. I was kind of crossing my fingers a bit hoping Steelers would get Ben, and that took forever. But they got him. I don't normally wish ill will on any one, but , when Maddox went down in game 2, I have to be honest, i had a bit of excitement to see Ben Do his thing. And the rest is history. Yes, they did fall to the Pats in the AFC champs game, But in reg season, they beat the Pats pretty good. Still. Yes, he has two rings, and a bunch of pro bowls, and others. But if you google his records stats. That list is LOOOOOng. not just in the NFL, but records he's broke in PGH as well. HOFer for sure. Oh, almost forgot. Best pump fake in the biz. I have to look it up to be sure, but I think that was the best rookie QB stats ever, at least in the W/L perspective.
Hes gonna be busy holding Brady's jock in his retirement.
I hope Kenny is the next great Pittsburgh QB leader in line!!
It’s amazing how pittsburgh fans will fight for tomlin when their expectations should be higher. If it wasn’t for cowher building this team, tomlin would have never seen a Super Bowl!
I loved Tomlin over the first 5 seasons or so. And I've been done with him for about the last 5 seasons. I still think he's a good coach; I just think he's run his course in Pittsburgh. He's gotten too comfortable with "not losing". A coach, like a team, needs a certain "edge" to win in all. I feel like he's lost that edge.
@@mcmillenandwife yea here’s my thing tho. He has had a few 8-8 seasons. To me that is not a winning season. Your the same as you were at the beginning. In the playoffs he’s actually below .500. That says something about how you measure up to good teams. How many games did he win that could of went either way. He’s an ok coach at best, but not good enough to coach a team like the Steelers. Just my opinion tho, I hope he proves me wrong.
@@devilsrage-vt4hp I agree. "Not losing" doesn't equal winning, and that's my problem with Tomlin. Tomlin had a Hall of Fame QB for 15 years and won 1 Super Bowl. Can you imagine if Cowher had Ben for the 15 year duration of his career? There's a good chance we'd have 8 Lombardi's right now, not 6.
Nice job on this post
What a great QB
Forgot how good Plaxico was here.
For all you PItt fans and other detractors, keep in mind that nobody has seen every play that every QB has made. So there is no way anyone can say for sure who is the most disciplined or consistently good on a play by play basis. The only basis one can judge all QBs is game by game & season by season. In that context, Big Ben is as consistently good as any QB in pro history with the exception of Otto Graham. That's, of course, taking into account all the different things Roethlisberger can and does do well which almost all other QBs can't match.
This Kid can play....
I know, I love that line. 👍🏻
Top 5 all time
Keep these things in mind when assessing Big Ben's incomparable rookie season. Miami went to the super bowl the year before Marino's rookie season and of course, the Steelers were 6-10 the year before Ben's rookie season. The Steelers did NOT have a good running game in Ben's rookie season. In fact they had one of the worst. They were 19th in rushing Y/A. Just because you run a lot which Pittsburgh did more that any other team that year, doesn't mean you are good at it. Big Ben was the best at big plays, 3rd down & 4th qtr comebacks that season.
Truth, nobodyaskedbut
11:45 damn Willie Parker got popped 💀💀💀
Sean Taylor R.I.P
9:08 Hines really did that to a lineman........HOF next up
Great work as always, Tim. Thanks. Could you please make in the near future a Terry Bradshaw's career highlights video?
There's a Bradshaw tribute on our site now (Best Bad Weather QB Ever). www.mcmillenandwife.com/Bradshaw_Bad_Weather_QB.html. I've uploaded it to UA-cam, but they immediately block it.
Man plaxico burress was a beast what ever happened to him
Yeah, I hated losing Plax to the Giants. Of course, he caught the TD pass that ended New England's bid for a perfect season in Super Bowl XLII. :) Then he accidentally shot himself in the leg at a NYC nightclub and went to jail for 20 friggin' months. What a bullshit sentence... they ruined the guy's life. I'm not saying the guy was an angel, but for crying out loud... 20 months??? If memory serves, he didn't even get to see the birth of his child. Anyway, he eventually came back and signed with the Steelers in 2012, but it didn't amount to anything. He had a handful of receptions and was done. But you're right, he was a beast in his prime.
Jeez 20 months? Having a bullet in his foot wasn’t punishment enough? Lol. But yeah I forgot he had that TD in the super bowl. Gets very overshadowed by the Tyree catch
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Nice block by Hines 9:09
Back when football was still football 😢
That year he beat both undefeated teams in back to back weeks. (New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles) That Steelers team was good that year and should have went to the Superbowl but they decided to play terrible in the AFC Title game against New England.
They should of lost to the Jets as well.
You mean the Patriots cheated and robbed him of a win.
Plexi-Burress was the man
Hated losing him. He had some great seasons as a Steeler.
First ballot Hall of Famer nothing else to say
Kenny Pickett couldn’t make half those plays Ben was making. 😢
Seemed to have more accuracy back then
music is too loud maybe retone down this good video
Yeah, we’ve had that complaint a lot. Here’s a version with no music. Enjoy! ua-cam.com/video/89Yj3BTBjmU/v-deo.htmlsi=zmMbiBCX8apPzknp
this a damn line idk wtf Tomlin doing on offense
lol, tomlin had one of the best olines of the 2010s wdym
Back when we had a coach
Is BigBen a first ballad hof'er?
I forget which game was it that Pittsburgh lost in this season. I remember they were 15-1.
Week 2 at Baltimore. You can watch the entire season here: www.mcmillenandwife.com/steelers_2004_season.html