Browns: 5 most hated Pittsburgh Steelers since 1999
By Chad Porto
2. Ben Roethlisberger
Ben Roethlisberger is only No. 2 and there’s a reason for that. He very much could be No. 1 on many peoples list but the top guy on this list has a unique right to that slot in this writer’s opinion. We should go through some of the reasons why Roethlisberger is this high, like how he had Cleveland Browns Stadium/First Energy Stadiums record for most wins, despite only playing there once a year. We could list that the Browns have never beat him at home since he walked onto Heinz Field. We could address the fact that, like Harrison, he’s an Ohioan who turned his back with ease and joined the enemy.
We could talk about how he’s just a dirty player, no different than every other player on this list so far. Remember the time Roethlisberger tried to break the ankle of Emmanuel Ogbah, on purpose? Roethlisberger threw a pick and got blocked into the ground by Ogbah. So what does Roethlisberger do? He lunges at Ogbah’s ankle, which is illegal, and yanks and pulls on it until Ogbah topples over. The dirty play didn’t even get a flag.
So all that works. We’re not going to bring up the off-field allegations against him. Nope. We’re just going to say that if one person calls you a jerk, that person is probably a jerk. If two people call you a jerk, they’re probably jerks. If three people call you a jerk? You’re probably the jerk. So we’re not going to mention how Roethlisberger was accused of being just, the worst kind of dude possible, by three different women.