Ben Roethlisberger has had six balls batted down at the line of scrimmage so far this season, according to Pro Football Focus, which is tied for the most in the NFL. That’s an average of one per game, which is elevated to say the least, and certainly outside of the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback’s norm.
Despite throwing an NFL-high 675 passes in 2018, for example, he only had seven batted balls on the year. He did have 11 the year before that, but that was a statistical aberration—he had just four in 2016, for example, and five in 2015.