What if...?

QB Ben Roethlisberger had been drafted by the Redskins instead of Sean Taylor?

How do you think that would have impacted the Redskins by week 5, Offensively..?

How do you think that would have impacted the Defense ranking in the top 2, w/o ST..?

Lastly, if you could go back & swap that pick, would you..?

My View:
I think Ben is going to be a superstar in the NFL. I think he's the new generation Terry Bradshaw. The Steelers have been waiting for this guy, since Terry retired & Ben was not even born yet.
If I was pulling the trigger draft day, I would have seriously considered Ben, since we clearly did not have a QB of the future on our Roster.

Here's a quick breakdown on Ben:
http://media.iopaperless.com/s/MediaContent//2004/10/19/05/04_DAL_Roethlisberger1_small_46577.jpg
QB 6-5 241 3/2/81 R Miami (Ohio)
For more info click here (http://www.steelers.com/team/player|2)

HECK NO.

If we don't have a qb of the future on our roster, then what is Patrick Ramsey? QB wasn't even on our radar, Ramsey just got drafted two years ago!

Nah, I'd rather Taylor. Every other team in our division has a physical presence at safety (Stoutmire for the Giants, Roy Williams and Brian Dawkins). I think Taylor can be as good or better than all of them. At 6'2" 231 he's bigger than all of them and looks to be faster too. He's going to be a beast back there, I really think once LaVar gets back in there we'll see Taylor take off. The defense has been AWESOME thus far and to add back in QB Killa will really make it easier for the secondary.

It would have had a negative affect. Brunell would have been the starter anyway and they would not have had Taylor so they very well may have lost in Chicago also and been 1-4. Gibbs does not trust young QB's so why would he want another one to go along with Ramsey? Gibbs would never play a rookie QB. Ramsey is in year 3 and Gibbs still looks at him like a rookie...

Assuming though that they did draft and start big Ben, the Steelers are better than the Redskins right now so if you put big Ben on the Redskins you would most likely get a very different result.

To hell with that we have our own futere superstar, and his name is Patrick Ramsay. Not to mention another superstar on the other side of the ball too, that being Sean Tayler of course. Trust me guys, in two year, Ramsay is gonna be the most loved guy in the entire DC metro area.

I hate to be a doubter this early in the season, but Mark looks like he's not strong enough this season to throw the ball down field & really challenge the secondary & Patrick looks lost in a new system he's obviously not ready for.

So far this season Ramsey looks like he's still affected by the beating he endured under Spurriers failed system.

The only bright spots this season on offense are Portis & Cooley, both have been great additions.

I've heard that even though Ken Whisenhunt is the OC in Pittsburgh Russ Grimm designs a lot of the plays. And his offensive philosophy is heavily influenced by Joe Gibbs-no surprise there

So with that in mind it seems as though Rothlisberger has picked up this offense at a much faster rate than Ramsey. Still, as has been pointed out, we did have Brunell and Ramsey at the time of the draft. And unless we were going to trade Ramsey for a high pick and draft both Ben and Sean I would have gone with Taylor.

Rothlisberger has played great, but chances are in the next 5 years there will be many more QBs like Rothlisberger than there will be Safetys like Sean Taylor

I agree Ramsey looked really lost in the whole ONE HALF he played. I mean common now, why is everyone writing him off. I understand all the critisims, but dont you think we should see what we have before we go on wanting other guys? Rothlisberger has only played 4 games, should we throw him in the HOF? Ramsey has played a half, should we send him packing? I am a huge fan of Rothlesberger, I think hes gonna be awsome, but common this one is Taylor all the way.

Roth has looked great, much better than most expected him to this quickly.

I agree with Gmanc711, I'm not ready to give up on Ramsey, he still has plenty of potential.

QBs coming up in college now are going to be a dime a dozen, and the current crop of stars are at the end of their carreers so it's time for a changing of the guard. Roth is good, but he wouldn't have a shot in D.C. this year as no matter how Brunell is struggling, he's our man unless he can't play physically. Taylor can and will make an impact now. We are only in week 7, still 10 games to go and we can theorectially still go 12-4. If our team would play to their potential we have a great squad on offense. I think Ramesy will be a good QB and personally would stick with him.

Taylor wasn't my 1st pick, I wanted to trade down and get Tommie Harris and another solid defensive player in the 1st 2 rounds. My favorite pick so far was Cooley in round 3.

I agree rothlesburger is the real deal
Taylor is good but we need to score some points.