Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is entering his 16th season in the NFL. He has led the NFL in passing twice in his career, most recently in 2018, when he joined the 5000-yard club. He also threw a career-high, and franchise-record, 34 touchdown passes a year ago. That didn’t even garner him a Pro Bowl nod.
If he is able to put up comparable numbers again, and do so in the absence of wide receiver Antonio Brown—and to a lesser extent Le’Veon Bell, who did not report already last season—then there are those who believe that he will be among the favorites to win the first MVP award of his career, because of that story and background.