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Draft Day: April 24, 20041982 viewsWatching TV in the green room backstage before the 2004 NFL Draft at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY are (l-r): University of Iowa offensive tackle Roberty Gallery (Oakland Raiders, 2nd overall), Virginia Tech cornerback DeAngelo Hall (Atlanta Falcons, 8th overall), University of Mississippi quarterback Eli Manning (San Diego Chargers, 1st overall, traded to the Giants), and Miami of Ohio quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh Steelers, 11th overall).
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NFL Combine, February 20042124 views
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2091 viewsBen answers questions from the media after being selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Draft Day1248 viewsEli Manning (right) and Roy Williams arrive at Madison Square Garden in New York for the NFL Draft. Behind them are Ben and DeAngelo Hall.
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Draft Day, 20041346 viewsScreen capture: The camera captures Ben's face as he awaits his turn as pick number 10 in the first round is selected.
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Draft Day, 20041721 viewsScreen capture: Ben stands wth ESPN's Suzi Kolber as his agent takes a phone call.
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Draft Day, 20041481 viewsScreen capture: Still waiting for the results...
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Draft Day, April 20041813 views
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Draft Day1557 viewsEli Manning and Ben are introduced prior to the start of the NFL Draft.
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Pro-Day Workout - March 25, 20041568 viewsThe pro-day workout of former RedHawks quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was the attraction, and a half-dozen draft-eligible ex-teammates tried to catch some of the refracted attention.
Scouts or assistant coaches from nearly all 32 NFL teams made their way to Oxford. Two head coaches, Green Bay's Mike Sherman and the Giants' Tom Coughlin - along with Giants' general manager Ernie Accorsi and three of the club's scouts - were there, too.
Charting each of the players' moves with stopwatches and clipboards, scouts watched them lift weights, jump, sprint and run agility drills before congregating in Yager Stadium for the main event: Ben throws.
He threw long and short, soft and hard, down the middle and toward the sideline - showing off his impressive arm and timing on the deep out pattern.
Roethlisberger ran 4.76 seconds in the 40-yard dash. And he clocked an 11.8 - considered fast for a quarterback - on a three-cone agility drill.
The Packers have the 25th pick in the first round and a quarterback named Brett Favre, but that didn't stop Sherman from making the trip.
"He's probably going be gone before we pick, but I always want to cover our bases in case something happens - he falls or we move up," Sherman said. "I thought he had an excellent workout. He did everything here he does on tape. You have to watch the game tape to really appreciate what kind of quarterback he is and what kind of leadership skills he has."
From the Cincinnati Enquirer/March 26, 2004
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Ben during the 2004 NFL Combine1405 viewsFrom Sports Illustrated's slideshow entitled, "Famous Combine, Draft Stories" posted February 20, 2009:
In 2004, Big Ben entered the draft as a junior and did not have the benefit of postseason All Star Games. His draft grade was heavily reliant on the combine and he did not perform well. He was inaccurate with his passes throughout his workout and as a result became the third quarterback chosen in the '04 draft.
From an article on the NFL Combine by SI writer Don Banks the same day:
There are plenty of hesitations within the league when it comes to expecting early results from a highly rated junior quarterback, and the track record of such picks is less than comforting. Yes, Ben Roethlisberger was the exception to the rule in 2004. But for every Big Ben -- and there's only one -- there have been an Alex Smith, a Tim Couch, a Ryan Leaf, a Heath Shuler or an Andre Ware.
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