In The Real World, Big Ben Roethlisberger is Big Time

Now that the National Football League preseason is finally over, fantasy football fanatics are in full swing, drafting their teams before the real games start next Thursday.   On Sept. 10, the NFL kicks off with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger trying to repeat their Super Bowl season, looking for their third championship in the last five years.   Fantasy players consistently rank Big Ben somewhere in the middle of the pack because he is not a flashy quarterback who lights up the box score with two or three touchdowns every weekend.   Here in the real world, where the games are actually played and have some meaning, Big Ben is arguably the most valuable player in the league.   Only one other active quarterback, Tom Brady, has led his team to more than one Super Bowl victory. Brady has one more championship than Roethlisberger, but Ben has two in the last four years.   Brady’s last Super Bowl was five years ago, yet Brady’s value is ...