Ex Eagles Player Slams Ben Roethlisberger For Aaron Rodgers Take
Ex Eagles Player Slams Ben Roethlisberger For Aaron Rodgers Take originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Pittsburgh Steelers' legendary quarterback Ben Roethlisberger recently gave a polarizing take on his podcast, Footbahlin' With Ben.
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The six-time Pro Bowler and two-time Super Bowl champion stated that he would take Aaron Rodgers in his prime over Patrick Mahomes in his prime.
That struck a chord with many fans, including former Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy.
"Big Ben hates," McCoy said on FS1's The Facility. "One thing about Big Ben, you play 18 years, you have no All-Pros, not one, not one first-team, not one second-team. This is just me, I don't respect players that talk about greats a certain way and you have nowhere the type of success they had. You played for 18 years, and you never was considered the best quarterback or the second-best quarterback in football."
Comparing quarterbacks from different generations is never an easy task, and make no mistake, they may be contemporaries, but Rodgers and Mahomes are not of the same generation.
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When Rodgers was drafted by the Green Bay Packers with the No. 24 overall pick in 2005, Mahomes was just nine years old.
All we can really do is compare numbers, which doesn't tell the whole story. That's part of the greatness of the conversation, that it's mostly opinion-based.
Is Roethlisberger totally off base here? No, not at all, it's his opinion. And that's what makes McCoy's response so weird here, unless he's just looking for his name in print - or online.
Related: Steelers' New Addition Drew Aaron Rodgers to Pittsburgh
Related: Ex Steelers Rival Reveals Honest Take on George Pickens Skipping Out on Youth Camp
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 28, 2025, where it first appeared.
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