Big Ben's status in question..

[SteelManiac55]

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/08338/932488-66.stm

Eek.

 

[Hypnotoad]

Nate wants us to practice in mud and sloppy elements too...

Ben loves exaggerating his injuries so he can be the hero and come back to play right after them.

 

[The Panch]

Id rather face him than Leftwich.

 

[viman96]

I'm sure he will still play. But good news if it makes him even more immobile!

 

[Rampage]

he will play Ben is tough. but that's pretty funny that even there practice field sucks. maybe it will get them to start thinking about putting a safer field down for the players.

 

[Don Corleone]

Well, it does make sense to practice in the elements that you expect at game time. Jimmy Johnson used to water down the Cowboys practice field if there was a chance of rain during game time.

This is the risk you take with that though. Nothing wrong with the approach, but it is a risk.

 

[SteelManiac55]

he will play Ben is tough. but that's pretty funny that even there practice field sucks. maybe it will get them to start thinking about putting a safer field down for the players.

The players and the owners both prefer a grass field, especially after Willie Parker broke his leg on turf at the end of last season. They considered installing field turf but choose not to do so. I don't think we'll be seeing any changes in the near future.

 

[Hypnotoad]

I'm sure he will still play. But good news if it makes him even more immobile!

Is that possible?

There is no doubt he will play. I remember when he was sick and had a 100.2 temperature or the time he had is surgery. The guy will play even if it hurts his team's chances if he does.

 

[THUMPER]

he will play Ben is tough. but that's pretty funny that even there practice field sucks. maybe it will get them to start thinking about putting a safer field down for the players.

We're Pittsburgh! We're tough! We play on slag heaps and fields of gravel and broken glass.

No, you're just cheap.

 

[SteelManiac55]

I don't understand how Ben has a reputation as immobile on these boards.

 

[Smith22]

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/08338/932488-66.stm

Eek.

Blah. I'm sure he is fine.

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

I don't understand how Ben has a reputation as immobile on these boards.

I dont understand why Big Ben's media hype is about how mobile he is.

Hes big slow and dopey.

 

[TheCount]

Id rather face him than Leftwich.

Oh really... why?

And yes, Ben will play.

 

[Don Corleone]

I don't understand how Ben has a reputation as immobile on these boards.

Oh I agree, he is far from immobile. When I think of immobile, I think of Drew Bledsoe.

Cowboys should know how mobile he is, he shook off a ton of sacks the last time we played him (2004 in Dallas), and killed us when he escaped.

 

[Pick6TerenceNewman]

Blood In The Water! Attack Time On Big Ben!

 

[dbair1967]

Id rather face him than Leftwich.

is this a joke?

if not, wow

 

[Boysboy]

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/08338/932488-66.stm

Eek.

The guy is one tough SOB-he'll play and be fine-I hope our coaches don't buy too much into this article.

 

[dbair1967]

Oh I agree, he is far from immobile. When I think of immobile, I think of Drew Bledsoe.

Cowboys should know how mobile he is, he shook off a ton of sacks the last time we played him (2004 in Dallas), and killed us when he escaped.

He was a rookie and completed almost every pass he threw that day it seemed. He killed us.

 

[Rampage]

I don't understand how Ben has a reputation as immobile on these boards.

I think he's mobile. but I think the fact that he can break tackles and shake off defenders hypes his mobility to something it's not.

 

[viman96]

I don't understand how Ben has a reputation as immobile on these boards.

Really? 32 sacks. All of them are not the fault of the porous OL in Pitt. IIRC he has been sacked a lot over the last few years.

Him being slower with a bum knee will not help his chances avoiding Ware and company.