Look No Further As To Why Ben Roethlisberger Just Got Paid

by nerves of steel on Mar 7, 2008 10:41 AM EST

Bumped from the Diaires. Cool little package of info from nervesofsteel about Big Ben's record against the rest of the NFL. Hint: It's very good.

-Blitz- Big Ben's ready to start his 6th NFL season. With five seasons under his belt, he's completed the NFL battery. With the way the NFL schedule rotates now, it takes 4 years to play every team in the league (each season playing your own division, another AFC division, an NFC division, and two games based on record) and Ben is now ready to start again with the NFC East like he did his rookie year.

Mildly interesting stuff if you'd like to peruse:

NFC East, AFC East, AFC North, Jags, Raiders
NFC North, AFC South, AFC North, Pats, Chargers
NFC South, AFC West, AFC North, Dolphins, Jags
NFC West, AFC East, AFC North, Broncos, Jags

REGULAR SEASON ONLY--55 games started, 9 games handled by Maddox or Batch not counted
7-0 vs Browns
6-2 vs Bengals
3-2 vs Ravens
2-0 vs Dolphins
1-0 vs 18 clubs
1-1 vs Chargers and Jets
1-2 vs Pats and Jags
0-1 vs Colts, Cards, and Raiders
0-2 vs Broncos

Only team Ben has yet to play is the Packers, started by Batch in 2005. Other starts by Batch or Maddox have come against teams Ben has played at some other point (Browns (1), Jags (1), Raiders (1), Bills (1), Ravens (3), Dolphins (1))

40 wins, 15 losses (winning % of 727%)

Not bad at all--winning records against all the teams in our division, losing records to teams in the upper eschelon of the NFL (excluding Raiders, Cards, Jets) and he beat the Broncos and Colts when it counted the most

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