Roethlisberger out for the year..elbow surgery

[PeterBowman]

https://www.rotoworld.com/football/nfl/player/11408/ben-roethlisberger

[Imgrandojji]

This might actually play out in their favor.  Mason Rudolph looked really good for a rookie.  Roethlisberger has been on the back 9 for the last 2-3 years, and he hasn't really had the whole team behind him in awhile now

 

the Steelers get a chance to plug in a new leader and try to rally behind him... similar to our situation with Brissett, but right now Rudolph looks like a better QB than Brissett.  They would never have done it on purpose, but the football gods forced their hand and it might be the best thing they could have possible done.

 

These guys may wind up back in the playoff hunt if they can get things turned around quickly enough.

[shakedownstreet]

In a press conference today, Ben Roethlisberger informed the women of Pittsburgh he isn't even close to being done

[southwest1]

So Pittsburgh, severs ties with Antonio Brown, moves on from Le'Veon Bell, & then Big Ben messes up his elbow. Poof, there goes their season before it even starts. 

 

I was kind of hoping the Steelers would have been wearing those hideous throwback uniforms when Ben went down. I just despise those retro jerseys & given how superstitious athletes can get when bad mojo happens; it would have been a perfect excuse to discard them forever IMO. 

 

This sure has been an eventful NFL season. Luck retires, Newton out, Darnold down with mono; Eli Manning shifted to a backup role...And we're not even halfway thru the yr yet.