Spursfan092120
11-28-2009, 12:06 PM
Source: Big Ben out against Ravens
Pittsburgh Steelers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=pit) quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=5536) will be scratched for Sunday night's game against the Baltimore Ravens (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=bal) because of his concussion and will only be the third quarterback, a source confirmed Saturday.
Roethlisberger expressed reservations about playing Friday, and he and the Steelers' medical staff decided Saturday to sideline him.
The Steelers will sign quarterback Tyler Palko (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=10719) off the practice squad and release receiver Shaun McDonald (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=4564). Dennis Dixon (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=11390) will be the starting quarterback and Palko will be the backup.
AFC North blog
Dixon, the third-string option before Charlie Batch (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=1490) broke his left wrist when he came in during last Sunday's 27-24 overtime loss to Kansas City, has appeared in one game in his two NFL seasons, completing one pass.
FoxSports.com first reported Roethlisberger's status Saturday morning.
Roethlisberger, who was having his best season statistically despite the Steelers' erratic play, went through "a normal week" of preparation for the pivotal Sunday night game at Baltimore and had said he had every intention of playing.
"It's part of the nature of the beast of playing this game. It's a violent, physical contact sport and there's a chance you're going to get hit," Roethlisberger said Thursday. "You guys don't talk about the bruises we have all over our body. If I showed you a bruise on my shoulder and a bruise on my shin, it wouldn't get talked about as much. It's a violent sport we play."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4695497
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Guess it was a concussion after all...
Pittsburgh Steelers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=pit) quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=5536) will be scratched for Sunday night's game against the Baltimore Ravens (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=bal) because of his concussion and will only be the third quarterback, a source confirmed Saturday.
Roethlisberger expressed reservations about playing Friday, and he and the Steelers' medical staff decided Saturday to sideline him.
The Steelers will sign quarterback Tyler Palko (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=10719) off the practice squad and release receiver Shaun McDonald (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=4564). Dennis Dixon (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=11390) will be the starting quarterback and Palko will be the backup.
AFC North blog
Dixon, the third-string option before Charlie Batch (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=1490) broke his left wrist when he came in during last Sunday's 27-24 overtime loss to Kansas City, has appeared in one game in his two NFL seasons, completing one pass.
FoxSports.com first reported Roethlisberger's status Saturday morning.
Roethlisberger, who was having his best season statistically despite the Steelers' erratic play, went through "a normal week" of preparation for the pivotal Sunday night game at Baltimore and had said he had every intention of playing.
"It's part of the nature of the beast of playing this game. It's a violent, physical contact sport and there's a chance you're going to get hit," Roethlisberger said Thursday. "You guys don't talk about the bruises we have all over our body. If I showed you a bruise on my shoulder and a bruise on my shin, it wouldn't get talked about as much. It's a violent sport we play."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4695497
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Guess it was a concussion after all...