Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders recently looked at the best seasons by rookie quarterbacks in the last 25 years. While Pittsburgh Steelers QB Kenny Pickett unsurprisingly did not make the list, former Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger did, as he came in at No. 4.
“Roethlisberger ranked second in the NFL with 8.9 yards per pass attempt and was fourth with a completion rate of 66%. He had 17 touchdown passes with 11 interceptions. One problem was taking sacks. Thirty sacks doesn’t sound like a lot, but that was a 9.2% sack rate because he had fewer dropbacks than other starting quarterbacks,” Schatz writes.