Bill Parcells: Ben Rothlisberger best rookie QB he has seen since Marino

[Champ]

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Asked to name the last rookie quarterback who impressed him as much as the Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger, Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells immediately dropped a name familiar to most Pittsburghers.

Dan Marino.

``He is the best (quarterback) prospect I have seen in 10 or 15 years,'' Parcells said Wednesday during a conference call. ``I have not seen anybody come in the league like that. The only guy that I can say came in, and the first year started playing like he is playing, is Dan Marino.''

The Steelers, then on the downslide following their Super Bowl successes of the 1970s, regretted for years not drafting Marino, a local college star, in 1983. Partly because of that decision, they never did find a comparable replacement for Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw, winning only two playoff games from 1980 through 1993.

Parcells doesn't think the Steelers will ever regret taking Roethlisberger, who is 3-0 as a starter since replacing the injured Tommy Maddox. The Steelers (4-1) play at Dallas (2-2) on Sunday.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-steelers-cowboys-parcells-roe&prov=ap&type=lgns

[redqueen]

1. We're gonna have our ass handed to us Sunday

Yes, Sir.

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. We'll wrap it up in black & gold ribbons first.

:bounce:

[redqueen]

7. Well thank you for that, then.

:)

It's going to be awful... I will need much beer.

[Beware the Beast Man]

2. Damn right!

Hopefully it's not just a case of beginner's luck as Stewart and Maddox had in previous years.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

3. Woooo!!!!111................

Go Steelers! Roethlisberger looked great on Sun. Sorry Touchdown Tommy.

[gpandas]

4. go steelers! n/t

[PittLib]

6. Yep, these are my boys!

Yinz go Stillers!

[WilliamPitt]

8. The Pats have to play these guys on Halloween

Should be good; two phat quarterbacks.

[IrateCitizen]

9. Two terms to describe Big Ben -- "Yoye!" and "Double Yoye!"

I'm happy as a pig in slop to see my Stillers off to such a good start, and also to see them with perhaps the best QB out of the draft this year. However, it pisses me off to no end that I'm stuck watching nothing but the Giants and Jets in the NY market.... :grr:

ON EDIT: Yinz guys who know Pittsburgh will get the Myron Cope reference.... ;-)
Those of you who don't are a bunch of jaggoffs. :evilgrin:

[redqueen]

10. Oh that would suck

They don't show the games on ESPN or anything?

I'm sorry...

[Beware the Beast Man]

12. "mmmm-HAH!"

[Bill McBlueState]

13. he has a book out?

Is it written as coherently as he calls the games? Mmm-hah!

[JohnKleeb]

11. Fucking Right

:)