The Pittsburgh Steelers were fortunate over recent years, as the offensive line has improved and he has been reined in by his new offensive coordinator, to have quarterback Ben Roethlisberger healthy throughout the 2013 and 2014 seasons. That was not the case last season, during which he missed the most time of his career due to injury
Of course, the Steelers won a playoff game last year, and only even made the playoffs once during those two previous seasons, but that is neither here nor there. I don’t think there is a coherent debate in which one side takes the position that the team is better off with Roethlisberger missing some time due to injury during the year.