But he has 2 rings? Yeah, about those. He rode Bettis and his stacked D to his first one. He had a nice game winning drive and a solid playoff run in his 2nd ring in 2008, but it was nothing special. And that game winning drive was after a 20-7 lead was blown. I will still give him that one, but it wasn't anything special or epic. Outside of that, this is what has been the career that has defined him as a "big game clutch" type of QB:
-Didn't do much until his team was down big against Brady in the 2005 AFC title game
-Missed the playoffs in 2006
-Missed the playoffs in 2009
-Choked on the final drive in the 2011 Super Bowl against Green Bay
-Took a few sacks that knocked his offense out of near fg range which took the game into OT that was lost on the first play against the Tebow Broncos.
- Threw game and season costly interceptions in weeks 15/16 against the Cowboys/Bengals that eliminated the Steelers from playoff contention
-Got off to an 0-4 start in 2013 and then choked in a critical game against Miami that basically knocked him out of the playoff race yet again
-After an amazing season including back to back 6 TD performances, fat rapist was punked all over his house by the Ravens D taking multiple sacks and throwing costly interceptions in a 30-17 wildcard playoff loss.
-This season...he got hurt which helps him, but he still laid a massive egg in week 16 against a depleted Ravens team and needed help to make the playoffs. Then he was so/so in the wildcard game, but the Bengals self-implosion gifted him last weeks win. Which leads us to today, 4th and 5 and comes up short. He can be defended somewhat due to Brown being out, him being out 4 games, but then he still came up short (Ravens game) when the pressure was on plus his history isn't exactly on his side.
IF we are going to bash all these other QB's, you might want to add Fat Rapist to the list as well.
-Didn't do much until his team was down big against Brady in the 2005 AFC title game
-Missed the playoffs in 2006
-Missed the playoffs in 2009
-Choked on the final drive in the 2011 Super Bowl against Green Bay
-Took a few sacks that knocked his offense out of near fg range which took the game into OT that was lost on the first play against the Tebow Broncos.
- Threw game and season costly interceptions in weeks 15/16 against the Cowboys/Bengals that eliminated the Steelers from playoff contention
-Got off to an 0-4 start in 2013 and then choked in a critical game against Miami that basically knocked him out of the playoff race yet again
-After an amazing season including back to back 6 TD performances, fat rapist was punked all over his house by the Ravens D taking multiple sacks and throwing costly interceptions in a 30-17 wildcard playoff loss.
-This season...he got hurt which helps him, but he still laid a massive egg in week 16 against a depleted Ravens team and needed help to make the playoffs. Then he was so/so in the wildcard game, but the Bengals self-implosion gifted him last weeks win. Which leads us to today, 4th and 5 and comes up short. He can be defended somewhat due to Brown being out, him being out 4 games, but then he still came up short (Ravens game) when the pressure was on plus his history isn't exactly on his side.
IF we are going to bash all these other QB's, you might want to add Fat Rapist to the list as well.