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  <title>Roethlisberger: I played Super Bowl with fractured ribs</title>
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        <created-at>2009-04-25T22:40:59-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>Roethlisberger is by far one of the most overrated quarterbacks in the league. He benefits from the system he plays in more than any other quarterback. He is not a good passer to begin with, when he even passes at all, and every pass is either play action or shot gun which takes advantage of the defenses lack of ability to cover all the wide receivers or holes in a zone. The only way he can pass is if it's a scramble drill or misdirection.  He is a bum and the only reason he is good is because he has a defense and running game.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-17T13:19:19-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>Thank you, Steeler Nation brothers &amp;amp; sisters.  I reviewed game tapes in detail, and overall there were definitely more calls made/not made in favor of the Cards than the Steelers.  Wow....I thought it was bad in XL when the snivelling Seahawks fans came out of the woodwork, but Cards fans on blogs are HUGE CRY BABIES who, fortunately, don't matter.  Jealousy and pettiness.....plain and simple.  GROW UP!!</body>
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          <created-at>2009-02-09T17:57:00-05:00</created-at>
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          <body>&amp;quot;Ben&amp;quot; is so overrated. He is really ugly too.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-11T02:11:40-05:00</created-at>
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        <quoted-text>&quot;Ben&quot; is so overrated. He is really ugly too.</quoted-text>
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        <body>Then you should keep rooting for &amp;quot;Tom&amp;quot; since he's got what you're looking for in a quarterback.  He's like way better than anyone ever and he's sooooooooooo dreamy!!</body>
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          <created-at>2009-02-09T17:17:45-05:00</created-at>
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          <body>Buttttttttttttttt the Steelers still had help to win that SB!  and it wasnt Ben and the other players....</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-11T00:49:59-05:00</created-at>
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        <quoted-text>Buttttttttttttttt the Steelers still had help to win that SB! and it wasnt Ben and the other players....</quoted-text>
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        <body>Butttttttttthead</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-10T14:02:27-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>Quit hatin' &amp;quot;PeteLittleMan&amp;quot;. The games over and The Pittsburgh Steelers are World Champs!</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-10T13:44:18-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>Without a doubt, one of the toughest players on the toughest team in the NFL.  Next to &amp;quot;Sacrificing For The Team&amp;quot; in a phrase dictionary, you'll see his picture.</body>
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          <created-at>2009-02-09T17:32:08-05:00</created-at>
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          <body>let's get out the tissue for these whiners. there were as many bad calls on both sides of the ball. the only reason the cardinal fans are whining is cause they ended up losing. the steelers won period.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-10T13:22:25-05:00</created-at>
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        <quoted-text>let's get out the tissue for these whiners. there were as many bad calls on both sides of the ball. the only reason the cardinal fans are whining is cause they ended up losing. the steelers won period.</quoted-text>
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        <body>I live in Phoenix and its not cardinals fans whining (the few I know where just happy it wasnt a blowout).  Its Steeler haters from other cities.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-10T10:55:34-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>I think Ben R. is probably some kind of robot.  I mean the dude is indestructible.  Vicious NFL hits- no problem.  Motocycle crash- no problem.  And he's a magician in the pocket when it comes to escaping.  He's the Harry Houdini of football.</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-10T05:09:48-05:00</created-at>
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        <body>good job ben, you carried that last drive, and hurt or exaggerated, you still played a hell of a game.


having more haters everyday is a problem you WANT to have. means you got something to hate on :D</body>
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          <created-at>2009-02-09T21:02:47-05:00</created-at>
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          <body>and a Terrel Owens story gets over 1200 posts. Carummba! GO BIG BEN!! from kerrythesteelersfan. BEN IS THE MVP OF MVP's</body>
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        <created-at>2009-02-10T05:07:43-05:00</created-at>
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        <quoted-text>and a Terrel Owens story gets over 1200 posts. Carummba! GO BIG BEN!! from kerrythesteelersfan. BEN IS THE MVP OF MVP's</quoted-text>
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        <body>because we all know if t.o. had a bruise he'd be layin up in a hospital bed with a constant morphine drip crying about his future.

everybody always loves the bad guy.</body>
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  <body>&lt;div class=&quot;photo_container image_right&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/23701/big-ben.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Big-ben&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo_attributes&quot; style=&quot;text-align:right;&quot;&gt;Ben Roethlisberger (Getty Images)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ben Roethlisberger&lt;/strong&gt;'s game-winning drive in Super Bowl XLIII was impressive enough by itself. Throw in the fact the Steelers QB said he played the game with a significant injury and his feat is elevated to a new level. From &lt;a href=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/02/08/steelers/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;SI.com's &lt;strong&gt;Peter King&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regarding the celebrated ribs: Roethlisberger was speared in the kidney area in the AFC Championship Game. His midsection hurt so much that he had X-rays before the Super Bowl. They were negative. But a subsequent MRI told a different story. He found out last Thursday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Fractured ribs,'' Roethlisberger said. &quot;Luckily, in the game, I didn't take any big hits to make 'em hurt. But I knew all along there was something wrong. There wouldn't have been anything they could have done about fractured ribs anyway. It was just suck it up and play.''&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull; Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback (&lt;a href=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/02/08/steelers/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;SI.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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