A talented leader, Ben also proved he could take a punch
he flash of power unfolded before me much like a lightning strike announcing the arrival of an oncoming storm. First the flash of light, then the crack of thunder. Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, 350-pounds of Polynesian pachyderm, flashed and threw a powerful uppercut while pass rushing from the 3-technique where he had lined up, across from the outside shoulder of Steelers left guard Ramon Foster. Ngata threw an uppercut that might have uprooted an oak tree. Foster was in trouble, and he knew it. Trying with all his might to re-route the grinding attack of Ngata, Foster tried to flatten out Ngata’s inside rush into center Maurkice Pouncey. Pouncey saw it late and tried desperately at the last second to drill the rampaging Ngata, but to no avail. As Ngata passed by Roethlisberger,
