Today is October 10, 2025, and it is the anniversary of Ben Roethlisberger’s first start against the Cleveland Browns. The game is incredibly special to me personally because it’s the first game I remember watching as a fan.

My dad worked that day, so my mom taped the game. For whatever reason, I kept the tape for quite a while and would watch it a ton as a kid, specifically in the offseason when we all were just waiting for games and had nothing better to do in June. The game is on YouTube now, so even in my adult life in the summer, if I need some comforting background noise while doing some sort of long feature, that game is still in the rotation. It’s the game that made me a Steelers fan, and it was a game that immediately made Ben my favorite player.

Aside from my own personal love

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