Big Ben's toughness his own worst enemy???

[Pats#1]

Now before anyone gets the wrong idea, I love how Big Ben can keep a play going and make the plays that come from keeping that play going with his mobility and toughness. I think he's the best in the league at it.

But I also think that as he progresses in age, his toughness is going to be the demise of him. He's not afraid to take big hits and he'll always try and get out of a sack, but a lot of times his efforts end up putting him on his back either as he throws or as he's trying to get away, and some of those hits are just plain nasty.

This latest injury, which truly is upsetting because he was playing great football, may not be the best example, but still an example of him perhaps trying to do too much and taking a bit too much of a risk as the teams most important player.

I know it is frustrating to watch as a Pats fan, Brady simply conceding certain sacks and making sure to protect the ball instead of trying to get away, and the same goes for other less mobile QBs, but I honestly think I would prefer that a lot of times to what Big Ben is doing lately.

He isn't getting any younger, and he has over the past two seasons now sustained injuries that really hurt the team in the playoffs last year, and will surely hurt the team now moving forward.

I just hope he has a quick recovery (as quick as possible for that injury) and maybe starts to protect himself a little better because he is great to watch.
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[mozwanted]

as tough as he is he is also very injury prone...

[Steelerspower]

this year was not a problem...Roethlisberger was healthy, and he had not many sacks and hit

it's just bad luck and this is very frustrating

[lionslicer]

[Bobikus]

Not really, although it might mean he likely isn't doing a Favre and playing when he's 40. He's had some nagging stuff but has never really slowed down or anything so far. Last week's injury is the first REALLY serious on the field injury he's had and it was a really rare fluke injury.

What we need is a backup we can put more faith in than Batch/Lefty. Ben in his injured state probably still have more of a chance to win against the 49ers last year than any of our active backups.
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Geno Smith, Tavon Austin, Stedman Bailey, and Bruce Irvin will all have at least 1 pro bowl season each by the end of the decade.

[Bodhi]

[TitanLegend]

That's what I expect of someone in this league.

Growing up watching Steve McNair, a man who would play through any and everything, I was able to watch someone who actually earned their paycheck. Big Ben reminds me a lot of that. You're out there to make every play possible, not to kneel down anytime you may get hit.

If Big Ben has to end his career prematurely because of a lot of injuries over the period of time, I blame the Steelers organization for not putting a good offensive line out there for him. He had to make so many of those plays over the years because of how bad his offensive line was.

[Ataal]

[Bobikus]

A lot of that really is on the coaches' decision to play him during those injuries. We probably should have done like other teams at this point and invest a bit more than a last round pick on a backup QB just so we'd have someone on roster that the coaches would trust in a needed game over Ben playing at maybe 50% at best.
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Geno Smith, Tavon Austin, Stedman Bailey, and Bruce Irvin will all have at least 1 pro bowl season each by the end of the decade.

[eagles101]

been thinking that the past few years. everyone talks about how tough he is but he just looks dumb to me. a lot of the injuries seem like if he took a week of or so he would be fine but instead he plays the next 5 games injured.
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