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Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has won a pair of Super Bowls during his time in Pittsburgh and he’s played with many good players over the years, but he thinks this year’s offense may be the most talented one he’s ever played with.

Roethlisberger is protected by a good offensive line while throwing passes to Antonio Brown, Martavis Bryant, Markus Wheaton and Heath Miller and he can hand the ball off or throw it to running back Le’Veon Bell, which leaves him feeling like this is “arguably” the best unit the team has had during his career.

“I hate to say yes or no, because I don’t want to offend anybody else that’s been here,” Roethlisberger said, via ESPN.com. “But you look at stats from the NFL, we had the No. 1 wide receiver and the No. 1 overall back. Kind of hard to argue with those numbers.”

It’s hard to imagine anyone would be offended by Roethlisberger’s assessment of the talent around him on offense in Pittsburgh this season. It’s also hard to imagine thinking that the Steelers can make a deep run into the postseason unless the defense gets a lot closer to the ones that helped Roethlisberger to those titles, which makes the other side of the ball the biggest source of intrigue as the Steelers head toward September.