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Big Ben the Giant?

By Flying Polamalus on Jan 16 2012, 9:11a 29

No this is not another Trade [Insert unpopular Steeler Pro Bowler name here] story.

In his leadoff to his MMQB, Peter King reports that, in the lead up to the 2004 draft, Ernie Accorsi stuck to his guns and refused to include Osi Umenyiora in the Manning for Philip Rivers trade, and that would have meant he'd have drafted Roethlisberger instead of Eli Manning if the two teams could not have found common ground, as they did.

The story does not speculate as to whom the Steelers would have picked in that scenario.

Who do you think our FO would have picked then?

Poll

If the Giants had chosen Big Ben instead of Philip Rivers in 2004, who would our FO have drafted then?

60% Philip Rivers would have slipped down to us (63 votes)
18% No way Rivers is still there - Sean Taylor would have given us the best safety combo in the league (19 votes)
1% Kellen Winslow - Heath was 2005, remember? (2 votes)
2% Roy Williams - We had a thing about Texas WRs (3 votes)
7% DeAngelo Hall (8 votes)
4% Dunta Robinson (5 votes)
3% Other - See my two cents' below (4 votes)