You don’t have to get aggressive to draft these skill position guys. That equation really hasn’t changed and neither has the ADP of any Steelers players. In that article, I laid out what the Steelers offense and the fantasy results for their top playmakers would look like in the best, middle, and worst-case scenarios of Ben Roethlisberger’s return. Few expect anything out of Eric Ebron, the TE18 in this ADP format.Īgain, I’ll reference the piece I wrote back in back in the middle of May. Elsewhere, James Washington is not in the draftable range. JuJu Smith-Schuster is at a reasonable WR14 ADP but Diontae Johnson is barely inside the Top-40 - that’s not even a WR3. Running back James Conner is also 18th at his position. That feels attainable.īen Roethlisberger is the QB18 in 4for4’s consensus ADP. Again, a yo-yo right back to those standards is a lot to ask but fantasy managers might not even be accounting for a jump up to somewhere between 15th or 12th. Last year, the offense ranked 31st in successful play rate, whereas t he defense ranked seventh against the run and third versus the pass. You can comfortably project them for a boost in attempts that will leave them somewhere inside the top-15 but we’re unlikely to see 675 in the stat sheet again.Įven a lesser version of Roethlisberger would help close the wide gap that existed between the two sides of the football for Pittsburgh. It’s also worth noting that even if Roethlisberger is physically the same player he was in 2018, the Steelers defense is now too good to force the quarterback into enough negative game scripts to the point he’ll need to lead the NFL in pass attempts. But it’s impossible to project him for those types of results after taking an injury-induced L almost all of last season. He’s just two years removed from a career-high 5,129 passing yards while leading the NFL in passing yards in 2018. Roethlisberger is a wild card here in 2020 there’s no way around that. The concept of a pitch count is a regular talking point.

Mike Tomlin says he’s comfortable with his quarterback’s status, while Roethlisberger himself has been “feeling good.” Other reporters, like Mike Kaboy from The Athletic, noticed a few hitches the longer the quarterback threw, both in terms of down the field and total practice time. What we’ve heard about Roethlisberger has been mostly positive but overall, mixed. Obviously, exhibition games aren’t happening and camp reports and access have been severely cut back as the NFL wades through the pandemic. Preseason news is at an all-time low here in 2020. Where Roethlisberger is now in his return As I wrote months ago, the fashion of his return is going to be the key to unlocking that treasure chest.

It was hard to see last year as Rudolph and Hodges continually dragged the operation into the abyss, but the Steelers are bursting with young offensive talent. You would think, if he performs well enough that he takes that award, then the Steelers have certainly won 10 games and are pushing the Ravens in the division.Ī Ben Roethlisberger who is worth 1.5-2 extra wins for Pittsburgh is a massive development. Roethlisberger is the favorite to win Comeback Player of The Year at +350 (per BetMGM).

(Photo by Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Ben Roethlisberger is looking for a resurgent season in 2020.

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