Ben Roethlisberger's career has come to an end. The long-time Steelers starter has officially called it quits after playing all but onegamefor the team during the Rob Refsnyder Jersey 2021 NFL season. He helped lead the team to a 9-7-1 record, but they were eliminated in the first round of the 2022 NFL playoffs at the hands of the Chiefs, 42-21.Roethlisberger was the primary starter for the Steelers for 18 seasons. He began his career as a backup but quickly entered the fray for the Steelers and posted an undefeated 13-0 regular-season record as a rookie. From there, he rose to become one of the NFL's best, most consistent quarterbacks and led the Steelers to two Super Bowl wins.The last few seasons haven't been pretty for Roethlisberger, as injuries and age have sapped him of his once high-level skill set. As such, he's riding into the sunset having racked up more wins than any other quarterback in Steelers history.Roethlisberger has collected plenty of awards and accolades during his NFL career. Will he get one more by being elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame? We won't know officially until at least five years from now, but the case for him to do so looks strong.GREER: The case for Ben Roethlisberger making the Hall of FameIf you break down Roethlisberger's Hall of Fame case just by looking at how he compares to Jake Lamb Jersey the average Hall of Fame quarterback, he looks like a shoo-in.Of course, the NFL has become a much more pa s-happy league since Roethlisberger was drafted in 2004. However,even accounting for that statistical inflation,his achievements still line up with the average gold jacket quarterbacks.PlayerCompletion %Pa sing yardsPa s TDInterceptionsSuper Bowl winsPro BowlsAll-ProBen Roethlisberger64.463,844417210260Average HOF QB59.138,166260195272Minus the lack of an All-Pro nod, Roethlisberger certainly looks like a Hall of Famer. That argument is only bolstered when looking at him int comparison to a handful of the Hall of Famers at his position.Ben Roethlisberger statsPro Football Reference has a handy metric called "similarity scores" that determines how similar a player at any position's career was to another player at that position. When looking at some of the players paired with Roethlisberger, it's easy to envision him as a Hall of Fame-type player.John Elway; Dan Marino, Joe Montana; Terry Bradshaw. These are just a few of the names thrown around when looking at Roethlisberger's career. And as you can see, he compares favorably to all four of the Hall of Famers.PlayerRecordCompletion %Pa sing yardsPa s TDRatingInterceptionsSuper Bowl winsPro BowlsAll-ProBen Roethlisberger164-81-164.463,84441793.6210260Dan Marino147-93-059.461,36142086.4252093John Elway148-82 Paul Goldschmidt Jersey -156.951,47530079.9226290Joe Montana117-47-063.240,55127392.3139483Terry Bradshaw107-51-051.927,98921270.9210431Roethlisberger may not have the same All-Pro accolades as these pa sers, but his stats and wins speak for themselves. It's also worth noting that he was frequently up against the likes of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers, all current or future Hall of Famers, so his competition was fierce.Some may scoff at the notion of comparing Roethlisberger to those legends because he played in a far more pa sing driven NFL than they did. That's a fair argument to make, so it's important to look at him in the context of his morecurrent Hall of Fame peers.There are three current Hall of Famer quarterbacksthat played after the year 2000. They are Manning, Brett Favre and Kurt Warner. Here's how Roethlisberger stacks up against those three pa sers.PlayerRecordCompletion %Pa sing yardsPa s TDRatingInterceptionsSuper Bowl winsPro BowlsAll-ProPeyton Manning186-79-065.371,94053996.52512147Brett Favre186-112-06271,838508863361113Ben Roethlisberger164-81-164.463,84441793.6210260Kurt Warner67-49-065.532,34420893.7128142Again, you can certainly claim that Roethlisberger comes up short in terms of accolades, as he is the only member of the group not to notch multiple All-Pro appearances. Additionally, each of the other quarterbacks has won MVP at least twice Warner has two, Favre has three and Manning has five. Roethlisberger doesn't even have a Super Bowl MVP to his name.That said, Roethlisberger's pa ser rating and total wins are comparable to his high-end peers, and he ranks top-10 all-timein touchdown pa ses and top-five in total pa sing yards. He also has set numerous NFL records, including the league record for most 500-yard pa sing games (four). As such, his numbers are worthy of getting a Hall of Fame nod even if he comes short in the All-Pro and MVP category.The case against Ben Roethlisberger making the Hall of FameWhen looking at the Curt Schilling Jersey numbers as a whole, Roethlisberger is a pretty clear-cut Hall of Famer. However, there are two factors that could keep him from getting votes during the early stages of his Hall of Fame eligibility.Roethlisberger has regre sed during the final three years of his NFL career. He has still been able to deliver pa ses accurate to his receivers, but his ability to throw deep pa ses and stretch the defense has been almost non-existent. That's largely due to an elbow injury from which he never truly recovered after suffering itearly in the 2019 campaign.RoethlisbergerPa sing yards per gameAir yards per attemptRatingBefore injury (15 seasons)260.27.794.2After injury (3 seasons)239.16.489.6Late-career regre sion is nothing new for quarterbacks that stay in the league 15-plus years, but Roethlisberger's has been particularly notable, as the Steelers' offense has slumped and stalled since their 11-0 start to the 2020 NFL season. The lasting image of Roethlisberger throwing checkdowns, suffering sacks and looking immobile could cause some Hall of Fame voters to consider other players ahead of Roethlisberger despite his career-long accomplishments. Chalk that up to recency bias, which can have an impact on voters.Ben Roethlisberger rape caseThe other part of this equation has to do Zack Greinke Jersey with the off-the-field incidents that followed Roethlisberger during the early stage of his career. Most notably, he was accused of sexual a sault inMilledgeville, Ga. in 2010. The victim, then a 20-year-old student atGeorgia College & State University, alleged that Roethlisberger raped her in a nightclub bathroom after he had invited her and her friends to the VIP area of the club.Roethlisberger denied the incident thou