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polamalubeast
11-22-2012, 12:13 PM
CBS' Jason La Canfora reports Ben Roethlisberger (ribs, shoulder) is "expected back" for Week 13.According to La Canfora, it's not "out of the question" that Roethlisberger could dress as an emergency quarterback for Week 12. Charlie Batch will start against the Browns, but it's clear Roethlisberger is making steady progress. He shed his sling on Wednesday. Considering the magnitude of next week's game against Baltimore, we expect Big Ben to be back. Nov 22 - 1:01 PMSource: CBSSports.com


http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1181/ben-roethlisberger

Chidi29
11-22-2012, 12:24 PM
It's a Thanksgiving Miracle!

salamander
11-22-2012, 12:27 PM
As I said in another thread, I really hope he doesn't get rushed back. I don't want a repeat of the 49ers game last year...

Austin87
11-22-2012, 01:44 PM
As I said in another thread, I really hope he doesn't get rushed back. I don't want a repeat of the 49ers game last year...


I have to agree with you here. The Steelers tend to rush back injured players, or another way to look at it, they let some players play while they are not 100% healthy. That's not a good thing.

oneforthetoe
11-22-2012, 02:00 PM
It's a Thanksgiving Miracle!

Nah ... it's a pre-festivus miracle.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TKHXO3JlPxg/TROHA0PKAlI/AAAAAAAAA80/ejX0GOHh96o/s1600/festivusmiracle.jpg

tube517
11-22-2012, 02:10 PM
As I said in another thread, I really hope he doesn't get rushed back. I don't want a repeat of the 49ers game last year...

Also, in 2006 after his concussion. He better be 110% not just half assed recovered for his sake.

Edman
11-22-2012, 02:22 PM
I want Ben to sit out the Baltimore game, too.

If we lose that game and the division, nothing much you can do. It's better to lose the division than lose the season.

Ending Baltimore's season in their own house in the postseason will trump any regular season championship they can boast.

polamalubeast
11-22-2012, 02:25 PM
The Steelers have no chance of winning in Baltimore without Roethlisberger

The Steelers are not sure to make the playoffs and the game against the ravens can be very important, especially if the steelers lose against the browns

If Ben can play, he must play

fansince'76
11-22-2012, 03:09 PM
If he's in the same "game shape" as he was for the Niners game last year, it will be no different than starting Batch.

Still cursing Tamba Hali's and Justin Houston's names...

steelreserve
11-22-2012, 03:11 PM
Well, I hope they know what they're doing ...

steelerdude15
11-22-2012, 03:15 PM
Unless it comes from a Pittsburgh media source, I won't believe it.

Psycho Ward 86
11-22-2012, 03:42 PM
The Steelers have no chance of winning in Baltimore without Roethlisberger

The Steelers are not sure to make the playoffs and the game against the ravens can be very important, especially if the steelers lose against the browns

If Ben can play, he must play

i think we've pretty much all accepted baltimore is taking the division and in that case, we could still easily become the 5th seed even, not even the 6th seed. Or not make it at all. Were in a tough spot now that the bengals are fighting back tooth and nail, hell, theres a good chance its going to be 3 teams from the AFC North in the playoffs. The Colts still have BUF@IND, IND@DET, TEN@IND, IND@HOU, IND@KC, HOU@IND. That's a deceptively tough remaining schedule. Detroit has been roaring back (including today's game that isnt finished yet but are playing the texans ridiculously tough at home), Houston is one of if not the best team in the NFL and could end up sweeping the colts or splitting with them, and everyone knows arrowhead stadium is one of the hardest places to play. The colts could easily go as low as 8-8 as they could 10-6. The bengals are in a similiar part of their schedule, looks like they could go as low as 7-9 or 10-6. I would lean lower for the bengals though.

(Since 2008, when this rivalry turned hot)

Home: 4-3, 4-1 with Ben
Away: 2-2, 2-1 with Ben

hell even though ben has a winning record at the ravens home stadium i think we'd still lose. theyve been downright unstoppable at home and i cant see ben being as effective as he was all season with a sprained whatchamacallit in his clavicle/shoulder and dislocated ribs. tough call, we better pray the bengals die off. theyve quietly played us and the broncos down to the wire, and blown out the giants and chiefs in the past 4 weeks. 2 of those we didnt even come close to doing.

polamalubeast
11-22-2012, 03:54 PM
I do not think that Roethlisberger can be worse than the game against the 49ers last year

Count Steeler
11-22-2012, 04:11 PM
If he's healthy he will play. Would be nice to get real reports, rather than speculation.

Psycho Ward 86
11-22-2012, 04:31 PM
If he's healthy he will play. Would be nice to get real reports, rather than speculation.

but that's jason la canfora's specialty. he would be out of a job if he didnt speculate and we wouldnt want that :lol:

Craic
11-22-2012, 08:30 PM
Hmm. Let's see.

1. Ben just became a father.

2. Ben just had an injury that could be fatal - and still has the potential to be fatal if it isn't healed.

3. Ben plays in a sport where harsh collisions happen all the time.

Conclusion? Stay the blank blank blank away from the field until you're absolutely, one-hundred percent sure that the ribs are healed up. Period.

steelpride12
11-22-2012, 08:36 PM
It's believable. Ben has been progressing well and is already out of his sling and working his arm out so I see it happening. The Steelers would never rush back their $100 million dollar QB and I'm sure they know what they're doing.

Psycho Ward 86
11-22-2012, 08:38 PM
doesnt matter if he's out of the sling. Doesnt even matter if he can throw perfectly fine. One lick on those ribs and he could literally be dead. Ben wasnt exaggerating when he said the ribs could thrust into his aorta and kill him. Peter King talked to a specialist who said the exact same thing.

steelerdude15
11-22-2012, 08:44 PM
Personally, I want Ben to be completely healthy the next time he suits up. I knew the shoulder injury wouldn't last long, but this rib injury is another story. I really don't want anything bad to happen to him.

X-Terminator
11-22-2012, 09:11 PM
The key here is obviously the dislocated rib. When, and ONLY when, that rib is healed and back in its normal position should Ben even think about returning. I find it hard to believe it would only take 2 weeks, in essence, for that type of injury to heal properly, unless Ben is actually a cyborg and not human.

Chidi29
11-22-2012, 09:18 PM
I wonder if the rib will come to a point where it may not be 100%, but there is no risk of internal damage. Because you take that obviously scary factor away and it really comes down to a pain tolerance issue.

If it doesn't, then who knows when he'll be back. Kevin Kolb has been dealing with a serious rib injury where his ribs detached from his sternum and has missed multiple weeks and probably a few more.

Steeldude
11-23-2012, 01:49 AM
I say let Batch start. If he struggles and it appears the Steelers will fall behind then put in BR. Do the same thing to following week too.

Austin87
11-23-2012, 05:58 AM
The Steelers would never rush back their $100 million dollar QB

LOL, made me laugh.

smokin3000gt
11-23-2012, 08:26 AM
I think I rather Ben sit out the ravens game to let his ribs heal a little more. I have a feeling he's rushing back to be back and suggs is not going to help the healing process.

Crow-Magnon
11-23-2012, 08:41 AM
My wife and I will be at the game. As much as I would like to see Ben play (honestly), unless he is really healed up, he'd be taking chances he probably shouldn't.

86WARD
11-23-2012, 09:57 AM
If he's in the same "game shape" as he was for the Niners game last year, it will be no different than starting Batch.


THIS!!!!!!!!!!

steel striker
11-23-2012, 02:47 PM
As much as I would like to see Ben play but, I still think he should sit till he is healthy. I don't want to see anything real bad happen to our guy. We need him for the playoffs & beyond.

steelreserve
11-23-2012, 02:56 PM
Given how the rib injury was described as potentially lethal if he was hit the wrong way ... and how nobody seems to have said anything about that part being fixed other than "the doctors really have no idea" ... I think it would be incredibly stupid to rush him back, which is what it sounds like they're doing. Two weeks really really really does not seem like the amount of time an injury like that would need to heal - bones setting in place, connective tissue regenerating and being as strong as it used to, etc. Let alone to be strong enough to play tackle football. I really hope they've heard something from the medical experts that nobody's told the public yet.

Craic
11-23-2012, 03:03 PM
At this point, I think it also affects the Ravens in two different ways. First, they're bound to be a little leery of hitting him and actually causing his aorta to rupture. Second, could you imagine the guilt one of them would feel if that did happen? Regardless of the fact that it wouldn't be the guy's fault, the human mind has a way of punishing people for something like that.

I don't think it's fair to Ben, his family, the Steelers, or even the Ravens for him to play in that game unless three or four separate doctors all agree that he's ready, IMO.

steelreserve
11-23-2012, 05:33 PM
I don't think it's fair to Ben, his family, the Steelers, or even the Ravens for him to play in that game unless three or four separate doctors all agree that he's ready, IMO.

Pretty much exactly this.

Count Steeler
11-23-2012, 05:45 PM
But when he is ready, he should play with a packet of Ketchup under his uniform. Anyone hit him, just let the Ketchup fly.

Craic
11-23-2012, 07:23 PM
But when he is ready, he should play with a packet of Ketchup under his uniform. Anyone hit him, just let the Ketchup fly.

:buttkick: :chuckle:

Then Ben would have to deal with the guilt over the heartattack he just caused.

HollywoodSteel
11-23-2012, 07:28 PM
But when he is ready, he should play with a packet of Ketchup under his uniform. Anyone hit him, just let the Ketchup fly.

If Sanders was fined for faking an injury, I think Goodell would have Ben executed for a stunt like that. Still, I like how you think. :)

HollywoodSteel
11-23-2012, 07:34 PM
At this point, I think it also affects the Ravens in two different ways. First, they're bound to be a little leery of hitting him and actually causing his aorta to rupture. Second, could you imagine the guilt one of them would feel if that did happen? Regardless of the fact that it wouldn't be the guy's fault, the human mind has a way of punishing people for something like that.

I don't think it's fair to Ben, his family, the Steelers, or even the Ravens for him to play in that game unless three or four separate doctors all agree that he's ready, IMO.

I think this is the greatest ploy I've ever heard of -- guilt them into not hitting you. :)

In all seriousness, I think our worry over Ben dying is misplaced. If there really is any risk of a hit being fatal, Tomlin won't let him play. I'm sure of it. He won't let Clark play in Denver even if the doctors say the risk to his life is minimal. He told Clark that he would not let his son play under the same circumstances, so he won't let him play either. End of discussion.

86WARD
11-24-2012, 07:38 AM
If there were fatal repercussions, Ben would be no where near a football field. Don't really think that would be an issue with the technology and amount of doctors that will clear him for contact. Not something the Ravens will have to worry about. If anything, they'd want to hit him right in the chest with a face ask and make him think twice about suiting up. Any good team would do that.

You think James Harrison would have second thoughts on hitting Tom Brady? Lol...

zulater
11-25-2012, 01:43 AM
I think this is the greatest ploy I've ever heard of -- guilt them into not hitting you. :)

In all seriousness, I think our worry over Ben dying is misplaced. If there really is any risk of a hit being fatal, Tomlin won't let him play. I'm sure of it. He won't let Clark play in Denver even if the doctors say the risk to his life is minimal. He told Clark that he would not let his son play under the same circumstances, so he won't let him play either. End of discussion.

It wouldn't even get to Tomlin, it would be the league and the Rooney's who would stop Ben from playing if there was any chance that he was vulnerable to a fatal hit. Ben's going to have to get medical clearance to play. If that dislocated/ fractured rib is any way menacing an internal organ he wont be medically cleared to play.

If anyone for a second thinks the Steelers would risk a fatality on the field to win a game you're crazy.

If and when Ben takes the field again this year he'll be at no more risk of fatal injury than anyone else on the field.

Now that's not to say he wont be sore or have a limited range of motion that could impact his play adversly. Or that rushing him back wont hinder his ability to make a complete recovery before the playoffs. Those are concerns that will have to be weighed and measured in accordance with the preservation of our playoff chances. But no one will be risking his life.

polamalubeast
11-25-2012, 10:26 AM
http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/59727/big-ben-could-return-for-rematch-with-ravens