obviously I am a HUGE Big Ben fan. he is from Ohio and he plays for my most revered sports team of all-time... however, sometimes I just take what he says/does with a grain of salt... I mean you all know HOW MANY times he has been hit in the head by the defensive opposition??
also - that Pittsburgh loss to San Fran last year on Monday Night Football, was shocking. look up the stats, the Steelers THRIVE on prime-time games, and they be thrivin' extra when they play MNF games. but you all are correct, Big Ben had no business starting at that QB position that long ago Monday Night. I remember that night like it was yesterday.. Big Ben just diagnosed and in the early stages of that deabilitating high-ankle sprain of his, yet Big Ben once again refusing the medical advice of his no doubt harem of doctorate-level-education Medical Staff... but that MNF versus the 49ers, he paid the price for a decision rife with such banality
and during this section of my post, I want to shout out that brutal defensive line for the San Francisco 49ers. it sucks for me to admit, because they were one of the handful of NFL teams that bested my team last year, but that SF D-line TORE UP a granted, patchwork, Pitt O-Line. it sux for San Fran's D-Line, because just like the Stillers their intimidating corps of linebackers get the most obvious love (Justin Smith and Rookie Sensation Aldon Smith most notably), however its that 49er D-Line that impresses me the most... Justin Smith is a white-boy BEAST!!
I was just talking to my bro and using Care's 49ers as an example to some random NFL convo like we are prone to engage upon. how we both would be SO HAPPY to be a San Fran fan... think about it... your team was once the greatest of an entire decade, but then after the glory years, your team kind of lost its way (to put it euphemistically)... and then BAM! your team has a KILLER defense to support its usually good enough running attack. I like Alex Smith, but lets put it this way, if the 49ers had a QB like Big Ben or Eli Manning (not to mention Brees, Manning, or Brady) - that team would at least have two more SB rings on their collective hand!
but I am VERY happy that the above QB scenario + hypothetical SB Rings ain't the case! the 49ers are the closest team (along with Cowboys!) to compete against the NFL record of most SB Rings ever!!