Hard Hat Award (Game #12, @ Balt.)

Hard Hat Award (Game #12, @ Balt.)

Stiller QB Benji Roethlisberger is the winner of the weekly Hard Hat Award, given to the Stiller player who best embodies the iron-tough, hard-as-steel attitude of the steel workers inside the blast furnace of a still mill.

In one of the most lopsided and fastest deliberations this august Committee has ever conducted, BenRoth was confirmed the Hard Hat winner after about 16 seconds of discussion.���

Ben entered the game with a protective boot on his one foot, due to having a broken bone.� Soon after the game began, Ben was on the wrong end of a vicious fore-arm to the face by Raven NT Hloti Ngata, which broke Ben�s nose.�� (No flag, of course.)��� So here you have a QB with a painful broken foot, a painful broken nose, and having to deal with the usual tumult in a road venue.���

Undaunted, Ben plugged away, even suffering a shabby 1st half.� In the 2nd half, Ben was mostly on fire, and led the O to a come from behind victory.� Ben made 2 huge plays to snatch this victory from the jaws of defeat:�

�� - On the final play of the 3Q, it was vintage Ben, eluding a blitzing DB and scrambling right, and then hitting Sanders for 28 yards.��

� -� Then, on the late 1st & goal at the 10, he saved the game, when on 1st & G at the 10, he fought off Suggs --- literally toe to toe -- and managed to lunge-pitch the ball for a sack-saving TA.� �When you see the different TV angles of Ben warding off Suggs -- who is a bear of a man -- after Suggs rabidly grabbed and wrenched Ben�s helmet.... well, that is Hard Hat football.���

Others in consideration by The Committee were RB Isaac Redman, LB Jamie Harrison, SS Troy Pola, and kicker/punter Shaun Suisham.��

Kudos to Roethlisberger for winning the Hard Hat Award.� Wear the Hard Hat proudly, Benji !�

Previous 2010 Hard Hat Winners:

Game #1, vs. Atlanta:� Larry Timmons and Maurkice Pouncey

Game #2, @� Tenn.:� Larry Timmons and Jamie Harrison

Game #3, @� Tampa: Jamie Harrison and Doug Legursky

Game #4, vs. Balt:� Dan Sepulveda�

Game #5, vs. Clev:� Jamie Harrison

Game #6, @ Miami:� Hines Ward

Game #7, @ N. Orleans: Larry Timmons

Game #8, @ Cinci:� Larry Timmons and Jason Worilds

Game #9, vs. N.E.: Mewelde Moore

Game #10, vs. Oak:�� James Harrison and Anthony Madison

Game #11, @ Buff: �James Harrison and Shaun Suisham