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3 reasons Ben Roethlisberger got rid of the football the fastest of them all

Ben Roethlisberger had the quickest average Snap to Throw time of any QB since 2012 👀

2020 Avg Time- 2.17 seconds pic.twitter.com/LaukcSW5d9

— PFF PIT Steelers (@PFF_Steelers) January 27, 2021

According to Pro Football Focus, no quarterback in the NFL got rid of the ball last season faster than Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. If you watched the games you saw an offense relegated to an almost horizontal passing game for long stretches and this was directly related to the team’s inability to run the football and sustain drives.

But why did it happen? Here are our three favorite theories, all of which are probably partially true.

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