The Cleveland Browns have long been the victim of quality play from Ben Roethlisberger during his time with the Pittsburgh Steelers. As shared when announced his retirement, the Steelers were 26-3-1 against the Browns.
Roethlisberger’s retirement, along with multiple changes in Baltimore, could lead to a changing of the guard in the AFC North. The Cincinnati Bengals enter the AFC Championship Game with a chance to go to the Super Bowl. They must get through the Kansas City Chiefs but their rise to division champion was quick.
The Steelers could go a number of directions at quarterback, along with defensive coordinator, for 2022. The team hopes that their new quarterback has more success against Cleveland in the playoffs than their old quarterback, as perfectly laid out in a local headline:
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— Doc Michaels (@GabeMichaels) January 30, 2022
Dan Labbe of The Plain Dealer did a great job trolling Roethlisberger for the one time he faced the Browns in the playoffs. The 2020 playoff victory by Cleveland looked as if it could be the final nail in Big Ben’s professional coffin but he came back for one more season.
In his final season, Roethlisberger’s Steelers defeated the Browns both times. While the retiring quarterback didn’t have huge games, he did enough to help his team win and push Cleveland’s disappointing season closer to the final failure it ended up being.
That doesn’t change the fact, as the headline states, that Ben Roethlisberger could never get the job done against the Cleveland Browns in the playoffs.