Big Ben Roethlisberger is the best QB in the NFL not named Tom Brady, despite his injuries and offensive line issues he continues to get better and play at a high level and there's no pass route he can't complete. And of course he's come into his own as a team leader and consumate professional

Yes, he takes a lot of sacks (half of his total over the last year and a half is not contributed to the O-Line but it has more to do with Ben holding on to the ball too long because he's always looking to make a play down-field--Ben has stated many times that his O-Line is not the weakness there often described to be ) but coach Tomlin is willing to take those sacks because he knows there will be 3 or 4 other occasions in the game where Ben will make an outstanding improvised play to pull his Steeler team ahead or complete a comeback 4th qtr/overtime win

He's already, arguably, apart of the best QB class of all-time (2004...Rivers/Eli Manning) and now with a Super Bowl win under his belt and potentially many more down the road there's no way you can't include Roethlisberger in the same sentence as Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.....right?

Now I know its way to early to make such predictions like this but suspend current reality for a few mintues and take a quick ride with JokerPace, I'll have you back home before the street lights come on!  :-)

Ben Roethlisberger, Phillip Rivers and Eli Manning are only 4 years into their professional maturation and they as a whole total 10 playoff wins and 1 Super Bowl title with that number to potentially reach 2 S.Bowl wins if Eli does the unpredictable and beat the undefeated New England Patriots in XLII

Of course the class of '83--Marino, Elway, J.Kelly--hold the title as greatest QB class ever and deservedly so, they have a ton of regular season wins and a few Championship titles (both won by Elway) and all 3 are Hall of Famers. But that being said the class of 2004 are on pace to shatter all victory and title records by any class in the entire history of the NFL

Big Ben won his first title in his 2nd year and after having an 'on the field' setback in his 3rd year, he finally turned the corner this his 4th year and is arguably one of the Top 5 QB's in the league. Phillip and Eli both showed a ton of immaturity heading into this year but they both finished the season giving their fan-base the solid security they are cheering a team with a Franchise quarterback at the helm. They haven't turned the complete corner like Ben did this year but there not to far behind.

I'm not a huge college football fan but the irony is that at seperate moments during the 2003/04 collegiate football year I had opportunites to watch all 3 qb's lead their teams in crucial games and I was thoroughly impressed. I said to myself then that these guys can really 'make some noise' on the next level  (I was especially encouraged by the way Eli carried himself at Ole Miss) and who knows in another 12 years or so and it's all said and done we might see the class of 2004 the most decorated of all time...10 World Titles and 3 Hall of Fame Careers?....Maybe!

Okay your dismissed, get home before you get a 'butt-whooping'  :-)