Take him if you believe in the bounce back, or put him on the shortlist of rotational QBs you want to stream through your roster. I would much rather have Big Ben than Rivers at that spot. As they’ve aged, they’ve slid down together, with Ben Roethlisberger coming off the board as QB18 and Rivers as QB21. Philip Rivers and Big Ben felt inexorably linked in their ADP for a long time as cheap back-end QB1s in pretty much every fantasy football draft.

Ben Roethlisberger Draft Strategy:ĭraft Ranking: Find out for your league settings in a Beersheet! (coming late June) He likely settles in around his 530 pass-per-season career average (which is still over 33 attempts per game). Still, it’s hard to figure a 38-year-old Roethlisberger coming off of surgery continues to throw the ball over six hundred times. Hopefully, between McDonald and Ebron they can have one hand that can adequately catch footballs. Through desperation, we found out that Jaylen Samuels is a pretty good receiving back, and the Steelers added Eric Ebron. JuJu, Johnson, and Washington make for a good top-three receiving unit, and rookie Chase Claypool should do a lot of work. This year, I feel a bit better about Ben Roethlisberger. He also had an extremely known factor in Vance McDonald, who I doubted could help Ben do anything of value. He was also throwing to JuJu Smith-Schuster, and a couple of unknown factors named James Washington and Diontae Johnson. Roethlisberger passed 5,000 passing yards for the first time ever and topped 610 pass attempts for the first time ever that year. Last season, I was bearish on a Big Ben 2019 that looked anything like his 2018. What does a 100% Ben Roethlisberger look like? Since then, however, Roethlisberger posted a hype video with teammates and is expected to be back at 100% following his elbow surgery. We didn’t see him again until he popped up trying to tell us to “Speak Friend and Enter.” Okay, I had to get at least one LotR reference in there. He went up against what turned out to be a buzz saw in week one (the Patriots) and hurt his elbow fifteen throws into his second game against Seattle. Last year was pretty much a wash for Ben Roethlisberger. ( aDOT+ is the QB’s average depth of target compared to league average) Philip Rivers Overview: What does 2020 hold for Big Ben Roethlisberger, who sadly shaved his beard so we can’t just punt and put in a bunch of Lord of the Rings dwarf jokes? Ben Roethlisberger ADP and AAV:Īverage Auction Value: $2 Ben Roethlisberger Statistics: Year

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