"Sometimes I wonder if the Big Ben-is-the-toughest-quarterback-alive storyline gets overblown.

Philip Rivers played through a torn ACL in a playoff game. Tony Romo shrugged off fractured ribs and a collapsed lung to beat San Francisco this season. Most quarterbacks are tough. It's a job requirement.

Then again, I'm not sure many have thrived amid the sort of year-in, year-out punishment Roethlisberger endures, largely on account of his swashbuckler style. He has now been sacked 309 times (career, not this season). Yet, he refuses to alter his approach.

Isn't that part of what you love about him?"