I Just joined and saw the Story about Ben Vs the other QBs in the game. But I guess the topic has been closed, so I would like to provide facts to back up that Roethlisberger historically is the 3rd best in the game today and closing in on Brady and Manning. I see some people talking about how Eli, or Palmer should be listed as better than Ben.

To start out, I would like to say that Yards, Touchdowns, and Interceptions are meaningless unless you look at number of attempts, which most people never do.

Lets Compare all time Ranks:

Yards Per Attempt
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Roethlisberger: 8.1 (4th All Time - #1 Active)
P. Manning: 7.7 (11th All time - #3 Active)
Palmer: 7.3 (35th All Time - #7 Active)
Brady: 7.2 (45th All Time - #8 Active)
E. Manning: 6.3(180th All time - #30 Active)

Completion %
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P. Manning: 64.2 (4th All time - #3 Active)
Palmer: 64.1 (5th All time - #4 Active)
Roethlisberger: 63.2 (9th All time - #8 Active)
Brady: 63.0 (11th All time - #9 Active)
E. Manning: 54.7 (107 All time - #31 Active)

Touchdown %
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Roethlisberger: 5.8 (18th All time - #1 Active)
P. Manning: 5.7 (2nd Active - #21 All time)
Brady: 5.4 (28th All time - #3 Active)
Palmer: 5.1 (38th All time - #4 Active)
E. Manning: 4.3 (90th All time - #16 Active)

Rating
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P. Manning: 94.7 (2nd All time - #1 Active)
Brady: 92.9 (4th All time - #3 Active)
Roethlisberger: 92.5 (5th All time - #4 Active)
Palmer: 90.1 (7th All time - #5 Active)
E. Manning: 73.4 (102 All time - #27 Active)

As you can see, Eli shouldn't even be mentioned with these other QB's. Brady's numbers were average before this past year.

But what is even more amazing out of this, is that Roethlisbergers 2006 season where he had his face rebuilt dipped his numbers a lot. Without that year, Roethlisberger would be number one all time in Rating, 2nd All time in Yards Per attempt, 3rd All time in Completion %, and still number one active in Touchdown %.

And yet some people think guys like Garrard and Romo who have only started for 1 and 2 years each are better.

The 2005 playoffs, from the Cincy game to the Denver game was the 4th best 3 game stretch a QB has ever had in Post Season History.

Last, keep in mind Roethlisberger has the worst OLine out of all these guys and only an average WR core. He doesn't have the luxury of two pro bowl WR's and multiple Pro Bowl Lineman like the others have had.

The only thing keeping Roethlisberger from reaching number 1 or 2 QB status are his interceptions. But this past year that number went way down. But even if he throws more INTs then other QBs, he can make up for it quickly which most QBs can not do. The Jax playoff game is a great example. Threw 3 first half INTs and still lead his team back into the lead with an amazing second half.

I have some other statistics and facts that back things up that I can present later. Some of the numbers I have are 3rd downs, playing from behind etc. Both of which Roethlisberger is the best in the NFL at(With enough sample size).