Last year, CBS Sports and Audacy sports insider Jason La Canfora considered Ben Roethlisberger a “Bona fide franchise quarterback”, but according to his new rankings, he’s taken a big tumble heading into 2021.
La Canfora has Roethlisberger is the same company as Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers last season.
This upcoming season, Big Ben is considered to be in the same company as Daniel Jones, Same Darnold and Andy Dalton.
Quite a fall for the Steeler starting quarterback.
La Canfora says he could see the Steelers trying a new quarterback by midseason.
When you take that kind of paycut to stick around to try to go out on something other than the terms of that ugly playoff loss to the Browns, chances are things won't get much better.
Offensive line looks shaky at best. Lack of mobility a big problem.
La Canfora has Roethlisberger in the sixth tier of his seven tier quarterback rankings.
Roethlisberger helped lead the Steelers to an 11-0 start but his play significantly fell off the last part of the season, with the Steelers losing 4 of their last five games in the regular season.
Roethlisberger threw four touchdowns in their Wild Card loss to Cleveland but also threw four interceptions.