With his team struggling big time, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is set to take on the winless Cleveland Browns this upcoming Sunday.
It might act as the tonic Pittsburgh needs after dropping four consecutive games. As he has done throughout his career, Big Ben was especially engaging when speaking to the opposing team’s media in the lead up to this AFC North tilt.
And he had one pretty interesting comment to share with Browns reporters on Wednesday.
Roethlisberger says he was "blown away" Browns didn't take Carson Wentz. Says he thought was "perfect AFC North quarterback."
— Steve Doerschuk (@sdoerschukREP) November 16, 2016
At this point in the season, we can pretty much conclude that most Browns fans agree with Big Ben’s assertion here. While Carson Wentz has his Philadelphia Eagles with a 5-4 record, the Browns have thrown out six different quarterbacks to take snaps under center this season.
This all comes on the heels of Philadelphia sending multiple picks to Cleveland in order to move up to No. 2 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft to select the North Dakota State product.
Cleveland’s focus there was to add as many early-to-mid round picks as possible in order to build the depth on its roster. Unfortunately, this hasn’t necessarily worked out too well initially. In addition to boasting a 0-10 record, Cleveland quarterbacks have thrown as many touchdowns (11) and interceptions. They also boast an accumulative 77.7 quarterback rating.
On the other hand, Wentz has his Eagles in contention for a playoff spot and has only thrown five interceptions in nine starts this season.
