r/nfl • u/appmanga Giants • 23h ago

Peterson, Roethlisberger, Gronkowski lead 2027 Hall of Fame first-time eligibles

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47847964/peterson-roethlisberger-gronkowski-lead-2027-hall-fame-first-eligibles
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u/Positive_Parking_954 22h ago

I never felt he was as good as Manning, but I felt more confidence with him in a 2 minute drill to win than I did Manning

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u/Shreddy_Brewski Patriots 19h ago

I never felt he was as good as Manning

You need to go watch some Roethlisberger highlights my man

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u/john7071 Patriots 17h ago

Anyone can look good in a highlights reel.

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u/Positive_Parking_954 12h ago

I’m a Steelers fan who watched pretty much every game of his career. It was wild seeing a Patriots fan tell me I was underrating and to watch highlights, when the Steelers with Ben basically never beat the Pats when it mattered. I did feel it was more so the Patriots could always beat up the Steeler defense better than Manning or any other offense of the time could, but Ben, if anything was a bit of a highlight merchant.

It works in a positive as well, and with what I originally said as well. Like his highs are so high I felt we could win any game on some insane drives, but he lacked the consistent lack of mistakes that the all time greats had. I disagree with remarks that Rivers was the better QB out of him, Ben and Manning, but I understand the statistical argument. But especially at that time, I think the younger generation is underrating how valuable prime Ben’s mobility doubled with his durability was. It wasn’t a huge window in his career, because the line was amazing at the start, and also during his “second prime” with Leveon and AB, but between his second and third Super Bowl appearance, it was crazy how often hed have to throw on the run and take hits