Kovacevic: Life without Ben? Cold reality

[stillers4me]

A relentless rain whipped horizontally into the Heinz Field wind tunnel to greet the Steelers (http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/)’ faithful head-on Monday night, making it so cold, so uncomfortable that the concourses often had more occupants than the seats, that mothers wrapped children in multiple parkas, that men … actually kept their beer bellies under wraps.
That cold.

And yet, none of it approached the chill sent through the 57,644 on hand by the third play of the third quarter of this comparatively hollow 16-13 overtime win over the completely horrible Kansas City Chiefs.
That’s when Ben Roethlisberger went down..............


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[Count Steeler]

It's not like Ben wasn't prone to injury in the past and though he was able to play through most of them, a serious injury was always lingering. The Steelers have ignored the backup QB for too many years, much like the O Line.

That being said, I think Lefty will have a good game next week after a week of prep. We are not going to get the Kansas City Steelers, we are going to get the Baltimore Steelers. Sure hope, some time soon, we finally become the Pittsburgh Steelers once again.