Ben Roethlisberger retired after he 2021 season, which means he will likely be eligible for the Corridor of Fame in 2027. Particularly in gentle of modifications to the Corridor of Fame voting process, nonetheless, actual questions persist about when he’s inducted. After two-time Tremendous Bowl champion and MVP Eli Manning did not safe he crucial votes as a first-ballot member final 12 months, some marvel in regards to the Steelers’ personal champion.
Not his longtime backup Charlie Batch, nonetheless. “He completely is” a first-ballot Corridor of Famer, he instructed Kay Adams on Up & Adams yesterday. He mentioned that Roethlisberger’s resume is simply pretty much as good if not higher than Manning’s, which is true. “I believe while you take a look at the numbers, relying on what you’re searching for, they positively are higher for him”.
Ben Roethlisberger has about 7,000 extra passing yards, 52 extra touchdowns, and lots of extra wins. Manning solely had seven successful seasons, and two seasons by which he received at the very least one playoff sport. Granted, he led the Giants to Tremendous Bowl titles in each of these seasons.
In distinction, Ben Roethlisberger retired with a 13-10 postseason document, with six seasons with a playoff win. He did end his profession on a four-game playoff dropping streak, his final win coming in 2016. However by then, he already had two Tremendous Bowl rings. He additionally threw practically 6,000 yards within the playoffs with 36 touchdowns, although additionally with 28 interceptions. He had at the very least 4 interceptions in 4 totally different postseason runs, together with one in all only one sport.
However Roethlisberger and everybody else can have a more durable time qualifying for the Corridor of Fame until they alter the voting procedures once more. Final spherical, the primary time underneath the brand new guidelines, they voted in a category of simply 4 members, leaving out some eyebrow-raising names like Luke Kuechly and Reggie Wayne.
Beneath the brand new voting guidelines, as a substitute of voting on a gaggle of 15 finalists, voters trim the record to seven. Voters then choose 5 of the seven, and solely those that obtain 80 % of the votes make it. Beneath these guidelines, frankly, I don’t know if Ben Roethlisberger is a first-ballot Corridor of Famer.
Roethlisberger undoubtedly will make the Corridor of Fame in some unspecified time in the future, although, and when he does, Charlie Batch will likely be there. And he’ll convey a gaggle of children he takes to journeys to the Corridor of Fame as a part of his charity work.
“I don’t care if you happen to brush it off or not”, he mentioned to Roethlisberger, who downplayed his odds. “We’re gonna be there to rejoice you as a result of I used to be there for 9 of your 18 years and I noticed the work that you just put into it behind the scenes when no one gave you credit score. It wasn’t till you threw for 4,952 yards that individuals on the skin would say, ‘Man, this man would actually throw the soccer’”.
Charlie Batch served as Ben Roethlisberger’s backup from 2004 via 2012. Batch missed a few these years on account of damage, together with Roethlisberger’s rookie season of 2004. However he was all the time a core affect within the younger quarterback’s maturation on and off the sphere. I wouldn’t be shocked if Roethlisberger have been to ask him to introduce him.
“I’m simply pleased with him”, Batch added of Roethlisberger. “He’s like somewhat brother to me, and I’m simply pleased with him for all of the work that he really has put in to create this chance for himself”.
