While his previous group remains to look for Ben Roethlisberger’s long-lasting follower, Pittsburgh Steelers tale Hines Ward lately contrasted a promising university quarterback to Large Ben, his quarterback throughout 8 of his 14 periods in Pittsburgh.
Ward, that is presently functioning as Arizona State’s receivers train, lately claimed that Sunlight Devils quarterback Sam Leavitt advises him of Roethlisberger, a two-time Super Dish champ and future Hall of Famer. A student transfer from Michigan State, Leavitt assisted lead Arizona State to a Huge 12 champion and a birth in the increased University Football Playoff throughout his initial year as the institution’s beginning quarterback.
” And a trainer that gets on the sideline, I can inform you, when (there’s a) television timeout, when we’re all on the sideline, Sam has that search in his eyes, like, ‘We will certainly not be quit. We’re mosting likely to rating,'” Ward lately claimed of Leavitt. “He intends to rack up every time he touches a football. And he had that exact same appearance that Ben Roethlisberger had. Anytime I checked out Ben and his eyes, I felt in one’s bones we were mosting likely to win the video game due to the fact that he had that appearance. He was not mosting likely to be refuted people winning. So I see a little of Ben in Sam because facet, simply seeing him and his strategy, due to the fact that he’s really affordable.”
Ward claimed that Leavitt is so affordable that he in some cases battles to quit on a play. That was a difficulty Roethlisberger likewise managed throughout his very early years in Pittsburgh.
” He intends to make every play as opposed to tossing it out of bounds,” Ward claimed. “Ben had that exact same battle. He simply wished to make every play, he wished to ensure he can attempt to do all that he can to make the play. Sam has those intangibles.”
He’s not as large as Roethlisberger, yet the 6-foot-2, 200-pound Leavitt has a comparable play design. While not a run-first QB, Leavitt is not scared to remove downfield also if it indicates taking a lick from numerous protectors. Leavitt is likewise proficient at making tosses on the run (something Roethlisberger consistently did early in his …
