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Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger Carted Off Field With Concussion

Michael David SmithPosted Dec 28th 2008 2:45PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Steelers, NFL Injuries


Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was carted off the field with an apparent concussion in the second quarter of today's game against the Cleveland Browns.

On the first play after the two-minute warning, Roethlisberger was hit as he threw a pass by Browns linebackers D'Qwell Jackson and Willie McGinest. He lay motionless on the ground for several minutes as the medical staff checked on him, and he was eventually put on a stretcher and taken to the locker room, making a thumbs-up gesture as he left the field. There was no flag on the play. Byron Leftwich replaced Roethlisberger.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin will no doubt face criticism this week for having Roethlisberger in the game at all. After all, the Steelers are already locked into the No. 2 AFC seed, so the game is meaningless in terms of the team's playoff position. On the other hand, after the success of the Giants and Patriots a year ago, it's hard to fault NFL coaches who play their top players in Week 17.

The Steelers have two weeks off before they host a divisional playoff game. There's no word yet on how serious Roethlisberger's injury is.

UPDATE: Video of the hit is below.
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Ben Roethlisberger Injures Knee at Practice, Still Thinks He'll Play Against Cowboys

Ryan WilsonPosted Dec 3rd 2008 7:15PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Cowboys, Steelers, AFC North, NFL Fans, NFL Injuries

I'm convinced Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is most comfortable when he's battling any number of ailments. Early in the season it was a bum shoulder, than a bruised hand, not to mention the 25 or so hits he'd take every game.

After a rough stretch last month, lowlighted by a three-pick, "I'm definitely the reason we lost that one" performance against the Colts, Big Ben had back-to-back strong performances against the Bengals and the Patriots. Today, as the 9-3 Steelers prepared for Sunday's matchup with the Cowboys, Roethlisberger tweaked his knee and had to leave practice early.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Ed Bouchette, Big Ben "slipped and slightly injured his right knee while throwing a pass." I'd hasten to add that Roethlisberger thinks he'll be fine for this weekend's game, which must sadden the non-trivial subset of fans who'd love nothing more than to see backup Byron Leftwich get the job.

Not likely, but I can offer this: Leftwich ran the first-team offense for the final 20 minutes of practice today, so there's that.
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Hal 9000 Thinks Leftwich Gives Steelers Best Chance to Win Against Chargers

Ryan WilsonPosted Nov 15th 2008 4:15PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Chargers, Steelers, AFC North, AFC West, NFL Fans

Recently, a group of football-loving eggheads punched some flashing buttons on their computing machine, wound the crank and waited anxiously for the results.

Apparently, after 10,000 simulations, the AccuScore folks have empirical evidence to back up what most of us have slowly come to realize: Ben Roethlisberger is skrugglin'. And not just a little bit, either; we're talking Gus Frerotte levels of ineptitude.

The Steelers host the Chargers tomorrow afternoon, and after another uninspiring effort last Sunday against the Colts, Big Ben has, for the first time in his five-year career, been under some media scrutiny for his play.

And while nobody thinks Byron Leftwich is the long-term answer at quarterback, most people agree that having him fill in for a game or two while Roethlisberger gets healthy isn't a completely insane. And AccuScore agrees:
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FanHouse in the Stands: the View From 522 - Steelers vs. Colts

Adam GretzPosted Nov 12th 2008 9:30PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Colts, Steelers, NFL Fans


This season, FanHouse writers take their cameras to NFL stadiums to document what happens when you stop being polite and start getting real. Or something. We've cleverly titled it "FanHouse in the Stands."

Sitting in the stands on Sunday, muttering various expletives at the Steelers for losing a second consecutive home game that was right there for the taking, I began hearing a sound I hadn't heard since the days of Kordell Stewart, or, to a lesser degree, the days of, ugh, Tommy Maddox -- fans screaming for the backup quarterback.

Annoying as it may be, it's still somewhat impressive that Ben Roethlisberger went a good four-and-a-half years before he really started to hear it from the locals. Though, at this point, it's still limited to pockets of, I'm guessing, frustration. He's not yet to the point where he'll wake up some morning and find his front yard littered with garbage, or listen to local louts make up rumors about his personal life. Hopefully, we never go down those roads again. Not some of our finer moments as sports fans.

Anyway, there's not a bigger fan of Roethlisberger in the city of Pittsburgh than me, so, when an entire row of people ten rows up are chanting "WE WANT LEFTWICH," I tend to get a little frustrated.
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Big Ben Singlehandedly Loses Game for Steelers, Promptly Cries*

Ryan WilsonPosted Nov 9th 2008 10:00PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Colts, Steelers, AFC North, AFC South, NFL Fans

Great news, Steelers fans: Ben Roethlisberger, after another atrocious performance, takes full responsibility for putting the "Tommy Maddox" back in Pittsburgh quarterbackin'.

Big Ben, a Pro Bowler a year ago, has been nursing various injuries this season and instead of sitting for a week or two to get healthy, he insists on taking the field, game after frustratingly awful game.

Roethlisberger seems to consider toughing it out long enough to throw a couple game-deciding interceptions a badge of honor. Yes, we get it, your irrepressible spirit contributes to your overall awesomeness, but only when you don't play like a drunk, hobbled hobo. It's a fine line, I know.

J.J. dutifully recaps the latest atrocity in which the offense squandered another solid defensive effort. For his part, Big Ben, was adequately emotional after the game:
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The Once-Over: Week 10

Shane BaconPosted Nov 7th 2008 2:00PM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
Filed under: NFL Fans

With attention spans dwindling, we forego full game-by-game previews to give you the essentials you need to know about every contest this glorious NFL weekend. Click here to go back in time.

The 1s

Buffalo (5-3) at New England (5-3): Hey, it's one of those games where both teams are in desperate need of a win to continue their playoff hopes and not totally crap the bed on the season! Good times. Trent Edwards was pitiful last week, an adjective that Matt Cassel is growing fond of. Want to know an interesting stat? Marshawn Lynch hasn't rushed for more than 83 yards in a game this season. I'm fairly certain you can look right at the ground game to understand why the Bills have lost three of their last four. Make that four of their last five.

Pick: New England

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Brady Quinn Era Begins Thursday Night: Week 10 Fantasy Football QB Rankings

Matt SnyderPosted Nov 6th 2008 9:00AM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: NFL Position Rankings, Fantasy Football

FanHouse fantasy positional rankings are compiled weekly by the staff in order to provide answers to possible lineup questions. These are assuming most leagues use Fleaflicker's standard scoring structure. If you need clarification, you need more players ranked, or have funky league rules, feel free to shoot us an email question.

As I wrote earlier this week, Brady Quinn is the sweetheart of fantasy football this week. He's being touted as a decent bye-week fill-in at quarterback, in light of the weak Broncos defense and the fact that everyone has some sort of love affair with him. Here the thing for me, though ... while it's true the Broncos pass defense does suck, their running defense is much worse. It's the worst in the NFL.

Keeping in mind the Browns are likely grooming Quinn as their QB of the future, the start comes at home, and on national TV (kind of), I expect the Browns to put him positions to succeed. That means running the football all over the Broncos, and giving Quinn low-risk options in the passing game.

I could be wrong. We just don't know. In fantasy, we fear the unknown. Curb your expectations until we see what he's got. This isn't the pre-season.

More notes after the rankings.

1. Drew Brees, at ATL
2. Kurt Warner, vs. SF
3. Philip Rivers, vs. KC
4. Aaron Rodgers, at MIN
5. Jake Delhomme, at OAK
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The Pittsburgh Sports Fan Phenomenon and Why We're Seemingly Everywhere

Adam GretzPosted Nov 4th 2008 5:15PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Steelers, NFL Fans


There were a number of big stories to emerge during Monday's night's Pittsburgh Steelers win over the Washington Redskins. One of them appears to be the overwhelming contingent of Steelers fans that took over FedEx Field, forcing the host Redskins to actually use a silent count in their house.

The opening discussion on the post-game Sportscenter wasn't the play of the Steelers defense, or even the job Byron Leftwich did coming off the bench in relief of of Ben Roethlisberger. Instead, it was the two hosts looking at each other, jaws agape, discussing the thousands of Pittsburgh fans that made FedEx Field seem like Heinz Field East.

Ryan Wilson wrote about it this morning, and points out a piece by Dan Steinberg at the D.C. Sports bog on this very topic.
My original guess was 15 percent, but I was mocked for going too low. Was it 20 percent? Was it 25 percent? Some writers guessed as high as 30, and the Washington Times went with 33 percent, although I still say that's way too high. Your guess on the percentage? And as long as I'm asking questions, why does this happen? Why does it happen with Penguins games? Do Pittsburgh fans have more money? More passion? Fewer outside interests? Fewer job responsibilities?
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Byron Leftwich Is a Great Security Blanket

JJ CooperPosted Nov 4th 2008 8:42AM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Steelers, AFC North

There was a time when the Steelers struggled mightily to have one quality quarterback. They shuffled through the Mark Malone's, Bubby Bristers and Kent Grahams. In 1996, Pittsburgh tried to defend a Super Bowl appearance with Mike Tomczak and an inexperienced Kordell Stewart. And they paid the price in the playoffs as Tomczak went 16-for-29 for 110 yards and Stewart was an awful 0-for-10.

Admittedly there aren't a whole lot of guys whose name doesn't end in Rooney who are still around from those days, but the Steelers have learned their lesson. From the day Tommy Maddox earned the backup job, the Steelers have generally had a very solid No. 2 quarterback. Charlie Batch showed in recent years that he can win games, and when he went down, the Steelers immediately went out and looked for another veteran--choosing Byron Leftwich over Daunte Culpepper.

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Steelers 23, Redskins 6: Middle America Takes Back Washington, DC

Sportz AssassinPosted Nov 4th 2008 12:01AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Redskins, Steelers, AFC North, NFC East

A few days ago, Republican Vice President candidate Sarah Palin was in Pittsburgh and asked the people there if they want to "take back Washington".

In return, Pittsburgh sent their Steelers into Washington, DC on the night before Election Day and whipped the Redskins, 23-6.

The game started off great for the Redskins. They recovered an onside kick on the opening kickoff and picked off a Ben Roethlisberger pass to set up two field goals and a quick 6-0 lead. Both teams would go on to play tough as nails defense and not give up anything.

The teams traded punches until the end of the first half when Big Ben redeemed himself by driving the Steelers down the field and scored on a quarterback sneak. Roethlisberger would re-injure his shoulder on the play, but took a 10-6 lead with him into the locker room.
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