6 years agoBen Roethlisberger wanted to be the man in Pittsburgh and with Antonio Brown gone, he is just that. We will have to see how he likes it after this season though. Although JuJu Smith-Schuster is returning and is a rising star in the league he is still not Antonio Brown. Even if he was, it is better to have two Antonio Brown’s than it is to have one. Coming off a season in which he caught 111 passes for 1,426 yards and seven touchdowns, he will need to be even better in 2019 if Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers want to reach their potential. James Washington had a less then stellar rookie campaign with only 16 receptions for 213 yards and bringing in Donte Moncrief from Jacksonville also does not fix the massive hole left in the offense. James Conner should be able to add to his 973 rush yards and 12 rush touchdowns this season and his 55 receptions in 2018 was a pleasant surprise from a team used to getting pass production from their backfield. Roethlisberger finished as the QB3 for fantasy last season due to his obscene pass volume, which led the league. On 675 pass attempts, Roethlisberger threw for 5,129 yards, with 34 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions. Without Brown expect those numbers to regress a pretty substantial amount. That leaves Roethlisberger potentially finishing closer to 4,500 yards and 26-28 touchdowns with the weapons he currently has in Pittsburgh. While these are still great numbers, they are not QB3 numbers and luckily no one is taking him as such in drafts. Currently being taken as QB17 in the middle of the 11th round, Roethlisberger is a good value in drafts if you like to wait on the position. Even with regression likely, a top-12 finish is still more than possible, so getting him as the 17th player at the position, behind a player like Kyler Murray is a bargain. A bargain you should be willing to buy in on.--Dominick Petrillo - RotoBaller