So Ben took a shithole of a team in 2004 to the AFC division championship. The Steelers i believe were 6-10 in 2003. Yeha 6-10. Basically kept the same team for the 04 season, but they go 15-1. Ben won 13 games that years.
Ben went to a team with a falling franchise and succeeded. Palmer and his team have been on a downfall ever since.
So to say Ben is a systematic Quarterback is ridiculous. They're a running team, but i guess Terry Bradshaw was a systems quartetback.
Yes Ben's team did suck the year before, but he went to a team with a great defense, good O-Line and great running game. He was not asked to do really anything, all they asked him to do is not mess up the 15 times he threw the ball a game. Ben is a very good quarterback, but if you put anyone of the guys in that I have listed above him in that situation, they would succeed too. I'm not even going to respond to the Bradshaw thing, comparing Big Ben to Bradshaw is rediculous.
Ben was sacked 48 times lasts yr, second in the league behind Kitna, but Ben was still capable of posting 10 wins, while being chased around, and put on his ass every other play.
As I said up until last year his offensive line was one of the best in the league. When won his Super Bowl, he had a great offensive line. Yes he was sacked alot last year, but that is because they became a throwing team last year, which is why his numbers were better. He is very talented, but his success was due to the Steelers defense, if Big Ben was playing with the Bengles defense last year, he would not have wonmany games either.