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His list doesn't have Hines Ward or Antonio Brown, but includes some guy from the 50s, who I doubt any of us know of. I also think Ben at #2 is too high. Lists like these are pretty hard to make. Perhaps it should be top 10 per decade?

1. Joe Greene

2. Jack Lambert

3. Mel Blount

4. Franco Harris

5. Terry Bradshaw

6. Jack Ham

7. Mike Webster

8. Rod Woodson

9. Ben Roethlisberger

10. Troy Polamalu

11. Jerome Bettis

12. Hines Ward

13. John Stallworth

14. Lynn Swann

15. Donnie Shell

 

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1. Mean Joe
2. Mel Blount
3. Troy Polamalu
4. Jack Lambert
5. Rod Woodson
6. Mike Webster
7. Terry Bradshaw
8. Big Ben
9. Jerome Bettis
10. Jack Ham
11. John Stallworth
12. Kevin Green
13. Lynn Swann
14. Donnie Shell
15. Hines Ward

Just missed:
Dermonti Dawson, Alan Faneca, LC Greenwood, Greg Lloyd, James Harrison, Cam Heyward
 

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15 hours ago, warfelg said:

As he should. He played with much better teams. 

Again, not enough credit. Steelers were not winning 4 Super Bowls back then without Bradshaw. I'll give you the 1st one, since I think the D mostly won that game. But the last two were definitely Bradshaw. The 2nd one was compete team effort, including a solid performance from Bradshaw.

Ben's three Super Bowls: 3 TDs, 5 INTs. I think it is safe to say his teams helped him win more than Bradshaw's teams. Ben has one great drive to win the game versus AZ. Other than that?

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1. Joe Greene

2. Franco Harris

3. Troy Polamalu

4. Jerome Bettis

5. Jack Lambert

6. Mel Blount

7. Mike Webster

8. Ben Roethlisberger

9. Terry Bradshaw

10. Jack Ham

11. Rod Woodson

12. Dermontti Dawson

13. Lynn Swann

14. Alan Faneca

15. John Stallworth

Just missed: Hines Ward, Levon Kirkland, Donnie Shell, LC Greenwood, Greg Lloyd

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1 Mean Joe 

2 Webster

3 Lambert

4 Woodson

5 Blount

6 Ben

7 Ham

8 Bradshaw

9 Hampton

10 Polamalu

11 Faneca

12 Harrison

13 Shell 

14 Bettis

15 Antonio 

there could be 25-30 on this list.

geez. Watt, Lloyd, Stallworth, White, Greenwood, guys from 40s, 50s or 60’s, Kevin Greene, Kirkland, Dawson, Stallworth, Swann, Farrior, Russell, Ward, Harris and probably more… Goodness Aaron Smith, Clark, Ike. Our role players would be some teams hof’ers, lol. 

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On 2/14/2022 at 1:14 PM, warfelg said:

Ben should be above Terry Bradshaw. Easily. 

Id put Ben above Bradshaw.   Not sure about "easily".

On 2/14/2022 at 1:14 PM, warfelg said:

in fact if Ben was on those 70’s teams he’d have more rings than Brady. 

This is nothing more than blind speculation and is inconsistent with reality if you actually factor in the time periods they played in.

First off, it was a completely different era for passing.   We have no idea how much better Ben would've faired playing in the 70s compared to the pass friendly era he played in.

Secondly, Ben choked in the playoffs numerous times, and it wasnt because of the teams around him.   He just blew.   Id take playoff Bradshaw over playoff Ben any day. 

In the end, its hard to really compare them across eras.  

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