Former NFL general manager Mike Tannenbaum is making waves with a Tuesday morning hot take. In the doldrums of the offseason, ESPN’s First Take debated the ranking and careers of the 2004 draft class, Ben Roethlisberger included, versus the top quarterbacks of today. Despite Roethlisberger’s two Super Bowl rings and first-ballot Hall of Fame resume, Tannenbaum wouldn’t pick his career over present-day company.
“I look at more from a GM perspective of if we were drafting them,” Tannenbaum said. “I’ll give you Eli Manning in ’04, but if Ben Roethlisberger was in a group with Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Jalen Hurts, and Jordan Love, I’m not sure I’m taking Ben over any of those guys.