When Roethlisberger and Brady were “Young Quarterbacks”

I miss this Steelers team. So many iconic players... Ward, the Bus, Randle El, Burress, Big Ben, so many more. I miss this team.

Ben is one of the ultimate competiters. He's one of the hardest to take down, He's stretched some plays to make a good run. He's played with a broken thumb, a broken foot, his jaw wired, he's broken a good pile of records. The idea of sitting one out is simply not in his vocabulary. IMHO he should make the hall of fame.

This video could also be titled "The game that made the Patriots start to cheat"

Here after 7’s last home game. So many memories, thank you Ben!

2019: " ben is only successful because he had AB and bell" 2015: " ben is only successful because of Tomlin " 2009: " been is only successful because of the defense" 2005: " ben is only successful because of plexico Burris and verone haynes?????" LMAO!!!!! Tired of all these fools saying ben Is only successful because of everything and anything other than HES A FREAKING BEAST HOF QB, ONE OF THE BEST OF HIS TIME.

In his 5th start he ended the longest winning streak in nfl history

Roethlisberger is the youngest QB to ever win a Super Bowl 😎

I was at this game. You can hear in the video, the whole place was electric the entire game. What a memory!

"Bringing in Jerome Bettis" Man do I miss hearing that!

The Steelers became the 1st AFC team to win 15 regular season games that year. Ben went undefeated from week 3 to the AFC Championship and would have won that game if not for NE knowing the hand signals and plays before the ball was even snapped. Ben and the Steelers had proven they were the far better team that year so NE resorted to cheating to make sure they won.

“2 really young good quarterbacks” 😭 I’m gonna miss them

ben roethlisberger is my favorite qb of all time and will always be my favorite #steelernation

They beat another undefeated team in the Eagles the following week. Both teams they beat would meet in the SB

Big Ben is a Top 20 Quarterback of All Time

I smiled when they said Bettis was coming onto the field. Dude is still my favourite player and the main reason i became a Steeler fan. Miss watching him play!

The way Bettis unloaded on Rodney "CheapShot" Harrison made me jump. What a run.

I need this to happen again in 2018 and beyond!!!!!!

I remember when he first came in for Tommy Maddox that was the happiest day of my life as a Steeler fan born in 75

Watching Bettis ram through defenders....... Ah the memories. And Hines doing his thang.

Big Ben is definitely elite

The first game he came in to cover for Maddox you could see this was a really good selection. Never forget the feeling of "wow we might have gotten the best qb out of the three"

I’ll never forget this game. Was at a Steelers bar in Chicago watching this game and that place was like being at Heinz Field. Plus you could smoke in bars back then. Think I went through a whole pack of Reds in 4 hours.

This is nice to watch, especially after having watched the Steelers take out the Patriots last Sunday. :)

31 other fanbases were all Steeler fans on this day. By 2004, everyone outside of Boston was sick of the Patriots

One thing about Ben...the guy checks down!...he simply scans every option there is regardless of the pressure. It's relentless. I'm not a Steeler fan but I respect his talent. The guy just never gives up on a play.

Today is his last home game....Thank you for everything Ben

The game that made Nate Peterman famous

The series that made Highlight Heaven famous

Loved this game. That 2nd TD by Buress was beautiful. That route was just perfect. Totally fooled his defender and didn't turn to the ball until he had to.

That O-line was incredible 👏🏼

A very memorable game played on my 31st birthday, the best present I got was watching the Steelers own the Patriots that day.

Big Ben is the greatest QB of all time! It always amazes me that Pittsburgh got so lucky to get him as a Steeler! Everything from the championships to the signature moments it really is amazing!

4:19 was the last time the patriots got a call against them

Pats stole hand signals from the Steelers sidelines in the playoffs later that season like Joey porter said, he said they both had the same team (no injuries), both teams ran the same game plans, and every time they called a play from the sidelines or audibled, the Pats would audible and knew almost 90% of the plays the Steelers were about to run. That’s why Ben couldn’t complete anything and turned the ball over. They knew where it was going every play. Had they not stole the signals the Steelers would have beat the Pats the same way they did in this game, and Ben would have won 16 straight games as a rookie and would have been the first rookie quarterback to start in the Super Bowl in the same year he got his liquor license. Just imagine that. A 21 year old rookie would have won 16 straight games, undefeated as a starter, and went on to start in the Super Bowl. Went on to win the Super Bowl the very next season.

Burress, Hines, and Randle El was a sick receiver trio.

Perfect amount of Brady plays in this video. Zero. Also BUUUUUUUSSSSSSS

The season that made Bettis an unstoppable train on Madden the next year

So happy we got Big Ben when we did!

My guy Big Ben🙌 thanks for this video

“Start Of A Rivalry” Phil Simms Predicted it.

Back when we had one of the best coaches of all time

Steelers fan and I genuinely loved having Ben Roethlisberger when I start rooting for them. I was like 9-10 years old and my mom had started dating a guy that was a steelers fan. It was actually the year they went to the superbowl and one so like 2005. It's crazy to think Ben never really got better then his rookie season. He is a first ballad HOF without question but it always seemed like he wasn't even the best player on any steelers team which sucked cuz I really liked him. I hated not seeing him win a single SB MVP but I'm sure he's just happy with those 2 Lombardi trophies. Idk why I'm dragging on I guess I'm just reminiscing but man his rookie season was the epitome of legendary. Just wish he could have topped it one year.

The 2004 Steelers rejuvenated football in Pittsburgh once again. The Steelers were coming off a disappointing 2003 season where they finished 6-10, and no one knew what to expect from the team in 2004. There was questions at the QB position with Maddox, questions on the defense having a bounce back season, the offensive line, changes in coordinators, etc... Not a lot of people realize, Roethlisberger was to be the third QB on the depth chart that season. The three quarterbacks were Maddox, Batch, and Roethlisberger. Batch tore his ACL in camp and when Maddox got hurt in Baltimore, that opened the door for Roethlisberger and well the rest is history. When the Steelers were 5-1 heading into this game, none of us knew what to expect, because up until this, the Steelers hadn't really been tested. When they beat New England and then crushed The Eagles the following week, we knew this team was for real.

I love Big Ben

I miss this team

Thank you Ben! No idea how we’ll ever replace you, but it was a damn good run we had!

This game ended the Patriot's 18 game win streak. Jim Nantz incorrectly states it was a 21 game win streak.

First words spoken between Bill and Brady in the locker room, "Hey Bill, remember how we cheated and knew all their plays in the '01 Title game? Maybe we should do that again..." "Yup."

The game that made LeVeon Bell famous

It’s nice going back and seeing a game where Brady didn’t get calls

Roethlisberger's rookie season is the gold standard.

Its amazing how the Steelers dominated this POS team when they didnt know our signals and what we were calling. If our first game against them is the AFC championship we would of destroyed them.

In back to back weeks Big Ben as a rookie beat BOTH Superbowl teams that year. Eagles and Patriots. The only thing that kept the team back was Bill Cowher. He decided to bench Duece Staley for some god forsaken reason, and Jerome couldn't muster 3 yards/carry. It forced Ben to throw on 3rd an like 12 each drive. If Cowher kept his regular season strategy, Ben would've had 3 rings by now.

ONE OF THE BEST QUARTERBACKS TO EVER PLAY!!! JUST LIKE BREES, BRADY, THE MANNING BROS, PHILIP RIVERS, JOE MONTANA, DAN MARINO, WARREN MOON,...AND ALL THE OTHER GREATS..............IT WILL B SAD TO C HIM GO...... ITS ALWAYS SAD TO C A LONG TIME GREAT GO/RETIRE....

Thanks for showing the Bettis TD. Love Le'Veon's 'dancin,' but maaaaan watching big man get ta bangin defenses, makes me fall in love w the sport all over again.

Man...I don’t want to wait another 20-30 years for another Big Ben.

Ben is still the man. #steelernation

Ben was actually 14-0 in his rookie season he came in week two when Maddox got hurt and won that game but didn't start

Great video. Just got me pumped to watch us play the Bills tonight.(Sunday night at home, 12-15-19, Steelers 8-5. Bills 9-4. with big wild card implications.) Here we go Steelers

I was in high school during this era of football and remember every single name mentioned in this video. Man, the Steelers had a squad back then, and Ben was kinda of cool. His off the field baggage since then is really gross.

Great qb! (And great videos, too!)

Pats taped the D signals in this game, and used it in the AFC Championship. Also, this is how a HOF runs the ball near the goal line. 8:51 and open field 10:08

He hasn't changed at all. Legend

The game that made Troy palomalu famous

Wish they would of shown Tom Brady throwing her helmet on the side lines more.

It's been the best of times and the worst of times but Thank You Ben, for all that you have done for this team and the city of Pittsburgh. You will always be my QB#1.

Some years after I started following NFL I came to the realisation that every single came featuring Big Ben was interesting and entertaining. Definitely my favorite QB to date.

the nostalgia of this game 😩😩

The game that made Hines Ward famous

when a yinzer dies and goes to heaven this is the game they play 24/7 on repeat

Aww man.. look at baby Ben! So adorable lol. What a Champion, and he will surely be missed in "Da Burgh".

Man oh man... These were the "Golden Days" to be a Steeler Fan. That whole run from 2005 - 2009 was just Epic. Even Brady and the Pats had to bow down to our awesome might. We drank those Brady tears from a golden challace and savored every damn drop all the way to the Lombardi !!! (P.S. and the Penguins started kicking ass around the end of that timeframe too, so yeah) Good times... Gosh, we had Big Ben, Hines Ward, the Bus, Troy "MF" Polamalu, Joey Porter, James Harrison, Heath Miller, Keisel, Kreider, Fanaca... what a dream team. Defense just as formiddable as the Offence. Just a revolving door of amazing WR talent for the next 10 years from Ward, Plax, Holmes, Randle El, Wallace, all the way up to when AB showed up... damn. Now I understand why all the old heads talk about the 1970s Stillers with such reverence. Also...question.... why is the quality of this video straight up ass? Looks like it was filmed for a 1982 TV through my cats asshole. I mean, this was only 15-16 damn years ago! It's not like this was shot in the 1970s with Franco Harris and shit.. 1080p came out in 1998. This game was filmed in 2005 !! More importantly, I know for a FACT this game was broadcast in HD because I WATCHED IT LIVE IN HD on my boys new plasma down in his dad's basement! Remember back when those shits cost like $2000+?? I do... Now you can get a 65" for like $400 at Walmart. LOL Err'body "gatta have dat 4K Crystal" now. Or shit, 8k even... not like the human eye can even discern the difference between 4K and 8K. Most people can't tell the difference between 1080p and 4K!!! LOL, what's gonna be next? Probably VR headsets in full 360 degrees UHD. That would be a sick way to watch football, could have 20 people in the room wearing headsets and no two people are watching the same exact same thing. It would feel like you're actually on the field. Except my kid would be looking straigt up trying to see the Goodyear blimp. MAKE IT SO!

So much wasted talent thanks to Todd Haley

The highlight of this comes from the Booth. Sportscasters have to be careful of early hype and not buying into somebody prematurely . On that Hine Ward adjustment catch when he said " It's over . This guy is pretty good . He is going to be consistent " , he knew there was a new future Hall of Famer QB that had arrived .

Back when football was football... i miss the good ole' days and im super jealous i was too young to appreciate this era of football when i was living in it.

Do 'The video that made Highlight Heaven famous'

Fire Vid bro. Can you do announcer mess up/embarrassment?

I'm happy this popped up on my recommended !! Big ben still out here Killin things 9-0 baby !!

Man oh man do I miss these guys. But the biggest unsung hero? Dan Kreider. Loved him and his physical style. Excellent run blocker too.

Steelers el equipo de mis amores y el mejor QB Ben ❤🇲🇽

I watched this game like well here we go again... Then after the game I'm partying like the zebra from madigascar

Did you see "BUS" hit Harrison at the end of that run? I loved it to death !!!

damn, seems like a lifetime ago, 14 years, holy shit did the time fly, but he still got it !

That was a good game.

The Game Le´veon Bell Famous

Still the best rookie season by a qb in history

Bill Cowher knew how to beat the Patriots!

I miss the days the NFL championships were not rigged by the officials.

the game that made peton manning famous!

Great performance by Big Ben but let's not sleep on that receiving corps Ward, Plaxico, Randle El damnnnnnn

Hard to believe that these two legends have retired this season.

I remember that game, and that year.......seems like a lifetime ago... and I watched bradshaw throwing bombs at old 3 rivers, somI know about lifetimes, lol.

The real 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 THE GREAT BIG BEN

My first steelers game ever and I got to see Ben play for the very first time.

When my Steelers team was good... rip Steelers fans

You made a vid about my Big Ben? Thank you kind sir😢

This must be before they started cheating and getting bailed out by made up calls...

Also, remember that we had Burress, Holmes, and Ward at the same time once , and that people tend to overlook how "great Hines Ward was as a player, yet we have him back in the person of Ju Ju Schuster.

This is when New England had ripped off an amazing 21 straight wins. Remember that? Steelers ended that streak. Too bad New England pounded us in the playoffs. Bens 1st year. But we came back the next season. 6 seed. Remember that!?? Late November Lost 3 in a row, sitting at 7-5, next 2 games were Bears and Vikings. 2 solid defenses. Won that. Won out the season. Won out the playoffs. Won SBXL! Oh, boy, great memories 😂