Just when things couldn’t get any better for the Pittsburgh Steelers, well things went from great to “ghost.” The Steelers starting QB, “Big” Ben Roethlisberger suffered a left knee injury during the Steelers 12-6 victory over the St. Louis Rams on this past Sunday. Michael Vick, the second string QB of the Steelers, will be stepping in to replace Roethlisberger for the time that he will be out.
Big Ben was the only postgame topic that really mattered to the Steelers. Vick’s reaction when Roethlisberger went down in the third quarter, and he had to grab his helmet and go, said it all. “I was kind of stunned, “you never want to see a guy like Ben go down.”
I was listening to the post game radio analysis of the game and I was in the process of dozing when a comment by some USDA prime “knucklehead” caused me to sit straight up. This individual had the nerve to say that: “ I can’t prove it but Michael Vick probably wanted :”Big” Ben to get hurt so he could be the starting QB and prove his worth to another team.”
Yeah right, and the tooth fairy does not compensate children who travel to the dentist for a tooth extraction as opposed to taking a trip with mom or dad to the tool shed and allowing one of them to extract the offending tooth with a pair of vise grips.
Someone even suggested that the Steelers go out and snag QB Tim Tebow as an extra insurance policy until Roethlisberger’s return.
Sorry folks, I hate to disappoint yinz but Roethlisberger is going to need some top of the line, cutting edge medical care along with a good old fashioned prayer meeting to get back on the playing field to keep the Steelers season from flying south for the winter.
I wonder if the Steelers did decide to snag Tim Tebow would there be protestors out there spitting tobacco juice wearing overalls and cute little outfits or would there be groups holding prayer vigils, releasing balloons of thanks in regards to snagging the most moral, religious vigilante?
As far as Roethlisberger’s injury is concerned Rams quarterback Nick Foles had this to say: “we’ll be saying those prayers for Big Ben.” Please excuse my ignorance but I have uttered and received many a prayer but for the life of me, I need all of you to identify a few of “those” prayers for me so that I can use a slew of them when I give the cashier at the lottery window my “powerball” numbers for the upcoming week.
The injury Ben Roethlisberger was caused by a blow administered by an opposing defensive player to prevent the Steelers QB from making a play then, now or in the future.
Almost for the life of his career, Ben Roethlisberger has arguably been treated differently in regards to blows delivered to NFL quarterbacks and the empathy associated with those blows. Why? Well partially because traditionally it has taken a bit more strength to bring Roethlisberger to the ground than the average NFL quarterback. So the attitude may be; if you have a shot to bring him down, ya better take it.
Football is a violent game, played by violent men for a blood thirsty audience, period. However, we should all be praying for Ben Roethlisberger the man, as well as Ben Roethlisberger the athlete because when his career is all over he will remain a son, a husband and a father. (espn.com was the source of this story)
Aubrey Bruce can be reached at: abruce@newpittsburghcourier.com or 412.583.6741
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