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09-07-2010, 01:19 AM
Coach Tomlin picks youth over experience for suspended Roethlisberger's spot at QB, says 'whole playbook' will be available
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Peter Diana/Post-Gazette
Quarterback Dennis Dixon will start Sunday against the Falcons at Heinz Field.
Dennis Dixon will start the season at quarterback for the Steelers, but it might be sooner rather than later that injured Byron Leftwich can play again.
Coach Mike Tomlin revealed his choice of quarterbacks -- which came after a good internal debate with his staff -- following a Monday practice in which Dixon took all the snaps with the first team and Charlie Batch conducted the second offense.
Watching from the sideline was Leftwich, who departed in the second quarter of the final preseason game Thursday with a second-degree sprain of the MCL in his left knee. That injury took him out of the job of starting at quarterback while Ben Roethlisberger serves his NFL suspension the first four games. The prognosis the day after Leftwich's injury was he would miss two to four weeks, but it might not sideline him much longer............................................
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085591-66.stm#ixzz0yp1TkXt0
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/images/201009/20100907_steele2_160.jpg
Peter Diana/Post-Gazette
Quarterback Dennis Dixon will start Sunday against the Falcons at Heinz Field.
Dennis Dixon will start the season at quarterback for the Steelers, but it might be sooner rather than later that injured Byron Leftwich can play again.
Coach Mike Tomlin revealed his choice of quarterbacks -- which came after a good internal debate with his staff -- following a Monday practice in which Dixon took all the snaps with the first team and Charlie Batch conducted the second offense.
Watching from the sideline was Leftwich, who departed in the second quarter of the final preseason game Thursday with a second-degree sprain of the MCL in his left knee. That injury took him out of the job of starting at quarterback while Ben Roethlisberger serves his NFL suspension the first four games. The prognosis the day after Leftwich's injury was he would miss two to four weeks, but it might not sideline him much longer............................................
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085591-66.stm#ixzz0yp1TkXt0