.@RealTannenbaum believes Pittsburgh may have the fourth-best quarterback in their division this year, behind both Burrow and Mayfield 👀 pic.twitter.com/OcHj6TQmqW
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) August 24, 2020
On Monday, former New York Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum appeared on ESPN’s “Get Up” and proved why he’s no longer a GM when he offered his take on Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
“During the season, there will be a consequential play that Ben Roethlisberger is going to need to make, and because of all the money he’s made and all the championships he’s won, I would rather see the ball in the hands of Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield, or even Joe Burrow,” Tannenbaum said.
How does Big Ben having money and winning championships equate at all to Jackson, Mayfield and Burrow being better quarterbacks? There’s no logic there.
Tannenbaum continued, “And I’ve been around quarterbacks, Ben Roethlisberger at 38, who’s played two games in two years. I’ll take my chances with Burrow and Mayfield. And Pittsburgh may have the fourth-best quarterback this year in the AFC North.”
The years of only being an ESPN analyst and not working in the NFL must be flying by for Tannenbaum because — last I checked — two years ago, Roethlisberger was one of the best quarterbacks in the league. Yet Mike seems to think he’s only played two games out of 32.
This from the guy who drafted Mark Sanchez to be the future of the Jets. In the seven years that Tannenbaum was GM, the Jets went 57-55.
Tannenbaum was fired from the Jets in 2012; the same season that he traded fourth and sixth-round picks to the Denver Broncos for Tim Tebow. Most recently, he was executive vice president of football operations for the Miami Dolphins. Tannenbaum was let go after the 2018 season.
