Eagles Legend Trashes Two-Time Super Bowl Winner originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Few quarterbacks in NFL history have had the kind of success former Pittsburgh Steelers signal-caller Ben Roethlisberger experienced.
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The former Miami of Ohio quarterback won two Super Bowls with the Steelers, reached a third, and is the record holder in every passing category for the storied franchise.
Over the coming years, he might eventually be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame.
The same may not be true for one of the Philadelphia Eagles’ own record holders.
Like Roethlisberger with the Steelers, LeSean McCoy owns many of Philadelphia’s career records as a runner. While he may not be as much of a sure-fire Hall-of-Famer as “Big Ben,” McCoy isn’t thrilled with one of the quarterback’s latest football takes.
Roethlisberger recently said on his podcast, “Footbahlin with Ben Roethlisberger,” that he would take Aaron Rodgers over Patrick Mahomes if they were both in their prime simultaneously.
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McCoy took offense to those comments on FS1’s The Facility. The All-Pro running back made it clear how disrespectful Roethlisberger’s remarks were.
“One thing about Big Ben, you play 18 years, you have no All-Pros, not one, not one first-team, not one second-team,” McCoy said. “This is just me, I don’t respect players that talk about greats a certain way, and you have nowhere the type of success they had.
“You played for 18 years, and you never was considered the best quarterback or the second-best quarterback in football.”
There are many ways to quantify success in the league beyond just All-Pros or Pro Bowl nominations. Roethlisberger’s postseason heroics are considered even more impactful than McCoy’s regular-season success.
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Big Ben may not have been considered in the same light as Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, but the signal-caller was special in his own right.
It is his prerogative to judge quarterbacks. McCoy’s clapback will not mean much as a former player at a completely different position. … Whether people agree with Roethlisberger’s take or not.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 29, 2025, where it first appeared.
