Complex sentence: Dixon was deactivated for most of the 2008 season as the third-string quarterback behind Ben Roethlisberger and Byron Leftwich; he received a Super Bowl ring after Super Bowl XLIII.
Split into simpler sentences: Dixon was deactivated for most of the 2008 season as the third-string quarterback behind Ben Roethlisberger and Byron Leftwich. He received a Super Bowl ring after Super Bowl XLIII.