Ben Roethlisberger’s Back: Jacksonville Jaguars GM Wanted Big Ben in 2004 Draft

October 7, 2010   ·   Jack Harver   ·   Jump to comments

Now that Ben Roethlisberger's suspension has ended, the Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback is the talk of the town—from the Steel City all the way down to the River City.
(That's Jacksonville, Fla., in case you didn't know the nation's 50th-largest media market by nickname.)
After Week 4, beat writer Vic Ketchman interviewed Gene Smith, the Jaguars' general manager, on his Jaguars Monday radio show. Jacksonville had just been shellacked in consecutive weeks by the San Diego Chargers and Philadelphia Eagles, and quarterback David Garrard's up-and-down play had listeners up in arms about the team's neglect for that position in recent drafts.
In the interview, which can be found in its entirety on the Jaguars' official website, Ketchman mentioned some of the signal-callers the team had missed: Roethlisberger, Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers, and Miami's Chad Henne, to name a few. Then he put a very pointed question about drafting quarterbacks to Smith.
"Would you have ta...

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