The Steelers continue to deal with injuries, and we can now add Ben Roethlisberger to the list of the walking wounded. Mike Tomlin revealed today that his starting quarterback is dealing with a left pectoral injury.
The head coach wasn’t sure when Roethlisberger specifically suffered the injury during the Steelers Week 2 loss to the Raiders. Per ESPN’s Brooke Pryor, the 39-year-old was hit 10 times (including a pair of sacks), and Tomlin made it clear that the team had to do a better job of protecting their quarterback.
“He took too many hits.,” Tomlin said (via Pryor). “We can run the ball better. We can get the ball out of his hand quicker. We can stay on schedule and not get behind the sticks and get in situations where the line of the game is so far that that that enhances the rush.”
Through his first two games of the season, Roethlisberger has completed 62.5 percent of his passes for 483 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. If he was forced to miss time, the team could turn to Mason Rudolph or Dwayne Haskins.
Roethlisberger isn’t the only Steelers player dealing with an injury. T.J. Watt left Sunday’s game, while wideout Diontae Johnson suffered an injury on the final play of the game. Devin Bush and Joe Haden missed Sunday’s contest with groin injuries.
I think Mike Tomlin is glitching. Lol He said that 3 times back to back to back.
His INT this week was something you’d expect from a rookie. A pec injury? Imagine if he actually ran a QB sneak in the last 10 years. He’d be hurt every weeks
Sagging man boobs are prone to injury…
“That’s why I never get injured. You can pull a muscle, but you can’t pull fat.” – John Daly
He’s had the quickest release in the league this yr and still getting hit.. so I’d like to see how he gets ball out quicker than 2.5 seconds he is now
We are 2 weeks into a 17 week season….
Four weeks from now all will be a different story….
Not that big of an accomplishment when they only run 5 yard routes
I guarantee his sexuality has something to do with this.
Didn’t he get into trouble with Pec? Pure scumbag
One too many “that”’s there, buddy.
Actually, two too many. Maybe the “is so far that that that” was supposed to sound like a QBs cadence with “hut hut hut”…
Or one too many :/
Is Big Ben ever not on the injury report?
In all seriousness though, Pittsburgh needs to do a better job protecting their quarterback. They still haven’t solved the fundamental issue the offense had last year, which was the offensive line’s ineffectiveness. Drafting a stud HB will help the ground game, but not enough to offset the lack of protection and road blocking needed to take that pressure off Ben to quick release his way into the win column. A 39 year old QB who has already taken too many hits will not last forever, no matter how big he is. If I’m Pittsburgh, I’m considering any avenue possible to acquire a quality lineman at any position to help take pressure off my quarterback.