Draft Classmates Manning, Roethlisberger Ready For Sunday Showdown

Ben Roethlisberger (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) and Eli Manning (Photo by Rich Schultz /Getty Images)PITTSBURGH (CBSNewYork/AP) — Ben Roethlisberger and Eli Manning are inextricably linked. Taken 11 picks apart in the 2004 NFL draft, the two quarterbacks have spent the last dozen years watching each other from afar, using the other’s success as a measuring stick of their own accomplishments.

The resumes are nearly identical. Two Super Bowl victories. Four Pro Bowls apiece. A steady ascension into the upper stratosphere of the NFL record books. Both are already in the top 10 in career touchdown passes, with Roethlisberger on the cusp of joining Manning in the top 10 in all-time…