QB Ben Roethlisberger - Pittsburgh Steelers

6-5, 241

Born: 3-2-1982

College: Miami (OH)

Drafted: Round 1, pick 11 (2004)

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Summary

Ben Roethlisberger filled the air with footballs in 2018. He set career highs for passing attempts (675), passing completions (452), passing yards (5,129) and passing touchdowns (34). It's going to be interesting to see what the veteran does for an encore in 2019, especially since he will be without the services of Antonio Brown. The headache of dealing with Brown may be gone, but so are his 104 catches, 1,297 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns. That's a big hole to fill. Roethlisberger has a good connection with JuJu Smith-Schuster who now becomes their number one wide receiver, but there are question marks behind him. After putting up those numbers and losing a talent like Brown, it's easy to project the numbers for Roethlisberger dipping in 2019. That should be expected, but there's still enough there for him to be a top-10 fantasy QB. Last year with all that production, Roethlisberger was the no.3 player at his position. In late April, the Steelers gave Roesthlisberger a two-year, $63 million extension which will keep him in Pittsburgh through his age 39 season (2021). Even though he's talked about retirement plenty over the last few years, Roethlisberger is still near the top of his game but with this extension we see his days in Pittsburgh are coming to a close in a couple of years. (May 10)

FBG Staff Rankings

QB Redraft - 11, 6, 7, 9, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 15, 15, 15, 15, 17, 18
QB Dynasty - 19, 12, 16, 20, 20, 20

Stats and Projections

YEAR		G	CMP	ATT	YD	TD	INT	RSH	YD	TD	FumL
2016	PIT	14	328	509	3819	29	13	16	14	1	2
2017	PIT	15	360	561	4251	28	14	28	47	0	1
2018	PIT	16	452	675	5129	34	16	31	98	3	2
2019	PROJ-Dodds	15.2	370.0	579.0	*	*	*	24.0	*	*	*
2019	PROJ-Henry	15.0	381.0	580.0	*	*	*	28.0	*	*	*
2019	PROJ-Wood	15.0	397.0	611.0	*	*	*	25.0	*	*	*
2019	PROJ-Tremblay	16.0	390.0	616.0	*	*	*	24.0	*	*	*

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Weekly Performance vs QB 1, QB 12, QB 24

Percentile ranks

Ben Roethlisberger's percentile rank in each category, among QB with more than 50 fantasy points.

Average Draft Position

Overall: 102
QB: 13

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Latest News

Steelers | Ben Roethlisberger likely to play (Thu Aug 22, 01:56 PM) - Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger said Thursday, Aug. 22, that he's 'pretty sure' he'll play Sunday, Aug. 25, in the team's preseason game against the Tennessee Titans.

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2019 Schedule

1	@ New England Patriots
2	vs Seattle Seahawks
3	@ San Francisco 49ers
4	vs Cincinnati Bengals
5	vs Baltimore Ravens
6	@ Los Angeles Chargers
7	--- BYE WEEK ---
8	vs Miami Dolphins
9	vs Indianapolis Colts
10	vs Los Angeles Rams
11	@ Cleveland Browns
12	@ Cincinnati Bengals
13	vs Cleveland Browns
14	@ Arizona Cardinals
15	vs Buffalo Bills
16	@ New York Jets
17	@ Baltimore Ravens