As a Patriots fan the wind was taken out of my playoff sails when I watched a completely different team collapse at home for the second straight year. What happened? The trash talk of the Jets was in the Patriots head's and Brady simply choked. One pass completed for more than twenty yards. It was hard to swallow, but whats worse is Brady may not even be the best playoff quarterback in the league anymore. The loss to the Jets dropped Brady's playoff record to 14-5 while Roethelisberger enters his Jets showdown Sunday as 9-2 with two super bowls and a potential third on the way.
Big Ben just wins football games, at a time when they matter most. A 90.0 passer rating is better than Peyton Manning's 87.1 and that includes a couple tough stretches. Ben had a bad performance against Seattle in their Super Bowl win, a poor performance against the Patriots in 2004 and a bad first half in a playoff loss to Jacksonville. Those games included and he still possesses a 90.0 quarterback rating.
When it matters he has been great. He was great in 2005 Super Bowl season before the Seahawks game and who could forget the 2008 run and the masterful drive against Arizona to capture his second Superbowl. Two years later he is the same position in only his sixth NFL season. People may have their own opinions about him for his off-field issues, but when it comes to winning football games Roethelisberger could solidify himself as the best with Manning and Brady already watching from the sidelines.
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