Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is winding down his 18th and final season in the NFL. All of them have come with the Pittsburgh Steelers. And that’s only because 10 other teams first decided to pass on him, although two of them ended up drafting other franchise quarterbacks.
The most glaring decision was from the Cleveland Browns, a perennial loser still ‘new’ to the league since their return, who decided that Roethlisberger would not work for them. They instead drafted tight end Kellen Winslow, who had played for then-head-coach Butch Davis at Miami.
It’s been long debated why the Browns passed on Roethlisberger, a decision that they’ve obviously lived regretting for many years now.