“The quarterback’s got to play better,” Ben Roethlisberger said after the Steelers’ 20-10 loss to the Bengals on Monday night. “And he will.”
Ben Roethlisberger thinks Ben Roethlisberger has to play better. So why did Ben Roethlisberger refer to himself as Ben Roethlisberger? Well, that’s the big mystery.
I’ve always been fascinated by reporters, broadcasters and even the Steelers themselves, referring to Roethlisberger by his first name. The NFL brodcasters will say “Ben drops back” or “Ben throws it across the middle” or “Ben violated the NFL’s personal conduct policy in 2010.”
If it’s not “Ben” it’s “Big Ben.”
Is “Roethlisberger” too difficult to say? No one refers to Joe Flacco as “Joe” or even Tom Brady as “Tom”. It’s almost as though everyone is old drinking buddies with “Ben.”
Either way, Roethlisberger says the quarterback (whoever that may be) has to get better. After watching their arch-rivals the past two weeks, Ravens fans don’t expect to see much improvement from Pittsburgh.
Ben's pass is intercepted. Bengals ball.
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 17, 2013
Ben is moving down the field. This time he finds @dpaulson22. #HereWeGo
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 17, 2013
Ben and @cotcheryfoundat connect again for another first down. Under 7:00 in the game.
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 17, 2013
Ben finds @cotcheryfoundat for the first down.
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 17, 2013
TOUCHDOWN!! Ben to @dmoye6. #HereWeGo
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 17, 2013
Ben and Sanders hookup again. 43 yards this time. 1ST AND GOAL @steelers! #HereWeGo
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 17, 2013
Ben hits @E_Sanders88 for a big first down. #HereWeGo
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 17, 2013
Ben to @dpaulson22 under review.
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 17, 2013
Ben to AB is INC, but there is a flag for pass interference. 1st and 10.
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 17, 2013
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 17, 2013
Ben approves of the Steelers’ use of “Ben.”
It should be third person. http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person?page=all
While it may be technically grammatically correct, most normal folks would say “I will play better.”
I am referring to the title of the article. The title should say third person.
Actually, Jim Nantz quite often refers to Tom Brady as “Tom” and Peyton and Eli Manning as “Peyton” and “Eli”…As far as “Ben” is concerned I think it makes it simpler for the announcer to say; “Ben” is one syllable and “Roethlisberger” is five.
It’s four syllables dummy.
Yeah, this should be third person.
Ro-th-lis-ber-ger. That’s 5. Go back to school, idiot. Though I’m certian in your Dundalk accent you eliminate syllables everyday and therefore are completely oblivious to educated grammar.
If you can’t grasp this simple concept of syllables there is no hope for you , where is the vowel in ‘th’ you idiot. Do you not understand the usage of vowels ? Did you skip the classes on structural linguistics or are you really just a hippo ? It’s four not five dummy , please listen to Casey Case , he knows of what he speaks or do you not understand how I worded this paragraph ? Maybe MGW can help you in this matter , he seems to be semi-intelligent .
Not being from Pittsburgh N ALL, I realize they use a different English then west Baltimore. Where I am from ROETH is still 1 syllables even when you put the E in it that anonymous hippopotamus you left out . As J AMES and Fr ank are not 2 Syllable names. Why is grammar even a topic in this column, its a sports column, and all sports are surrounded by slang. Relax a bit and call him anything you feel comfortable with.