SNF: Quoth the Raven - 20; No More (Roethlisberger) - 17 Final

WoodysGirl;3109010 said:
Ward says locker room is "50-50" on whether Ben should have played

Posted by Mike Florio on November 29, 2009 8:21 PM ET

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger won't be starting tonight's game against the Ravens, due to the lingering effects of a concussion.

Roethlisberger, as widely reported, was not cleared by a neurologist.

But teammate Hines Ward hints at a locker room divided on the question of whether Ben should have played.

"This game is almost like a playoff game," Ward told NBC's Bob Costas. "It's almost a 'must' win. So, I can see some players or some teammates kind of questioning like, 'Well, it's just a concussion. I've played with concussions before. I would go out there and play.' So, it's almost like a 50-50 toss-up in the locker room. You know, should he play, shouldn't he play. It's really hard to say.

"I've been out there dinged up. The following week, got right back out there. You know, Ben practiced all week. . . . To find out that he's still having some headaches and not playing and it came down to doctor's didn't feel that they was gonna clear him. . . . It's hard to say, unless you're the person. . . . I've lied to a couple of doctors saying 'I'm straight, I feel good,' when I knew I'm really not straight. But I don't think guys really about the future when they're playing currently in the NFL. . . .

"Trust me, the players, they wanna go out there because these games, you don't get back. You're never gonna get this Baltimore-Pittsburgh game back."

Wow.

Though Hines never says, "Ben is being soft," the import is clear. Hines is essentially saying, "Ben is being soft."

So what does Ward think should Roethlisberger have done? The answer, based on Ward's words, is clear: Ben should have lied about his status and sucked it up and played.

And we suspect that some of the 50 percent of the players who think Roethlisberger should be playing believe that the quarterback's reputation for being a drama queen contributed to this situation. Indeed, if he'd merely said nothing about how he was feeling, he'd likely be something other than the emergency quarterback during a game tonight that he's "never gonna get back."

But we all know that, when it comes to his various and sundry injuries, Ben can never say nothing.
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WOW. JUST WOW. :eek:
 
Don Corleone;3109025 said:
WOW. JUST WOW. :eek:
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He's right though. Plenty of O-Lineman will lie about headaches, they just don't play a glamor position.
 
I like how the scored got edited in the title.

Good job by whomever mod it was.


Pitt ties it up at 7. Dixon!
 
Dont think the ball crossed the plane on that one. Pit gets a free bee. It was outside the pylon.
 
Temo;3109029 said:
He's right though. Plenty of O-Lineman will lie about headaches, they just don't play a glamor position.
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No doubt. I just didn't think he would call out his QB like that.
 
Faerluna;3108968 said:
In the pre-game, Rodney Harrison said that he hears all this talk about how the NFCE is so tough and physical, but he just doesn't see it.

I'm sure it is hard to see it when you're behind the desk in the studio. I know that if he headed to Dallas that there would be a few players willing to suit up and show him what tough and physical is all about.

Idiot. (Yes, that's a given. I know...)
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How physical was Dallas against Green Bay and Denver? :)
 
QB is much more likely than an OL coming back from a concussion too soon. I can't believe it's really an issue for Ward, frankly.
 
zeroburrito;3109082 said:
3rd time. batch, hefy lefty, now this guy i have never heard of.
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Didn't watch many Oregon games a couple of years ago, I take it?
 
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