Roethlisberger Watch

[pghinsomniac]

Such a potentially season-alternating situation warrants its own thread IMO. Here's what I've found so far...

Taken from ESPN's AFC North Blog:

ESPN's Adam Schefter: Steelers have been told that Roethlisberger has a sprained shoulder, although it could turn out to be separated.

Yahoo! Sports' Jason Cole: Two sources indicate that Roethlisberger has a separated shoulder. "There's a lot to be figured out and we probably won't know anything definitive until the morning, but that's what the [Steelers] team doctor said," a source said. In addition, one source indicated that the injury is "unusual," although it's unclear if that is good or bad news.

CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora: Based on what he's hearing from Roethlisberger's teammates, La Canfora is reporting that it sounds like Steelers preparing to be without him at least a few weeks.

[The Curtain]

Is there a FA we could sign? Because neither of our options can get the ball out fast enough to run this offense, in my opinion. Lefty looked like he was in slow motion 5 years ago, let alone now. Any time Ben goes down I feel like we're in trouble. In this particular season, when he's hands down our MVP, it's devastating. That defense/run game isn't going to carry the load against teams like Baltimore.

[steelfan51]

Ugh, this doesn't bode we'll. I like Lefty but if this turns out to be more than a game or two, then there is trouble on the horizon.

[at23steelers]

I really like the rest of our schedule though. We play best against moderate teams: ones that aren't the best and ones who aren't awful. IE the Cowboys, Chargers, Bengals, Redskins, Giants, Jets, and Eagles. I think Lefty has a good chance of winning the next 2 of 3 games and that's all we need. Our team will at least play with more energy lets hope.

[steelfan51]

[steelfan51]

I do think having mendenhal back will help. Also Anotonio being back will be nice, if he is expected back?

[jebrick]

[Dcash4]

I know that Lefty has prob gotten less than 15-20% of the snaps in practice since training camp broke, but I didnt think he looked good at all last night. Also looked like he got shook up after he landed on his back early on.

I believe that a whole week of practice and taking the majority of snaps will be good for him, but Im not too excited to play Baltimore with him at the helm. Haleys going to have to call a good game and bring a lot of 3rd and managables to keep the blitz at bay.

Also worries me with Lefty and Batches injury history of late and the fact that they are 70 years old that we could go from 2 Qbs to 0 Qbs pretty quickly.

[SouthwestSteel]

[MeanJoeGreen]

[SteelProven]

I believe in Lefty and with more snaps this week I think the Steelers will be fine. The Steelers didn't run particularly well against the Chiefs but the threat of the run kept the defense honest. If Matt Cassel can run a Haley offense I believe Lefty can too.

I'm used to Big Ben being out at least two games a season for various reason, so I guess I expected this. This is one of the main reason Big Ben will never be considered one of the "elite" QBs is because he never really plays a entire season garnering enough stats to put him in the conversation. Everything Big Ben does has to be "projected" to compete with the Top tier QBs.
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[Jamey]

[lionslicer]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000094511/article/mike-tomlin-ben-roethlisberger-has-shoulder-sprain

[stefan52268]

[BenMadeOfSteel]

So many reports, really don't know which is true...

But, from what we have until now, everything is moving towards Ben missing a few games, right?