Ben Roethlisberger expected to start tomorrow vs. the San Francisco 49ers

Gerry Dulac is reporting that Roethlisberger showed enough in practice on Saturday that the decision to start him was made even before the Baltimore Ravens lost this evening.

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If the Steelers weren’t motivated before, they sure are now!

"I’ll consider myself a dirty player when my mom calls me a dirty player." - Ndamukong Suh

by Riddlah. on Dec 18, 2011 11:48 PM EST reply actions

Game on

The #1 seed in the AFC is in our grasp. Let’s go out there and get it!

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by LV Steelers Fan on Dec 18, 2011 11:48 PM EST reply actions

I'm pumped

I don’t think the 9ers are all that, 50% ben plus an angry defense equals a W in my book.

"You know how football is - if your mother's on the other team and you're coming out to play football, you're gonna hit momma" --L.C. Greenwood

by acrollet on Dec 18, 2011 11:49 PM EST reply actions

Hope this is the best decision and we are not tempting fate

by steeler_in_maryland on Dec 19, 2011 12:03 AM EST reply actions

It's an intriguing situation for sure.

Might Ben actually be in better shape than we’ve been led to believe? Or is the plan to start Ben and just see how long he can go on the ankle? Mike Tomlin will never tell.

by Billy52 on Dec 19, 2011 12:24 AM EST reply actions

The Conference

is theirs to lose now. You have to do what you can to go and get it. He has to be in better shape than he was in the 2nd half against Cleveland, no?

by pistil_stamen on Dec 19, 2011 1:05 AM EST reply actions

I don’t know enough about it, my assumption is that it’s already/only sprained, he’s not stopping bones from re-fusing or something? Is that close to accurate? Is it basically pain management, or can he actually make it worse by doing stuff?

"You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm."
-William T. Sherman, the Battle of Atlanta

by Jon Ross on Dec 19, 2011 5:26 AM EST reply actions

I am by no means an expert on this, but I think you’re partially right. Since there are no broken bones I think it’s mainly a ligament issue in his ankle from the sprain, since a sprain is just joint ligaments being stretched beyond where they normally go. But that being said, if that ankle gets stepped on or twisted again, it could exacerbate the pain and damage to the already tender ligaments there that are trying to heal and just make things worse.

by Akshay R on Dec 19, 2011 9:41 AM EST up reply actions

Monday night

Could we ask for anymore drama? How lucky are we? Does the Ravens loss throw the Steeler handicaps out the window?

by ibygeorge on Dec 19, 2011 8:40 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Hell Yeah

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by John Stephens on Dec 19, 2011 8:53 AM EST reply actions

You can bet ESPN is happy about the developments of the last 24 hours

Ben is starting, the Ravens losing, possible shakeup in the AFC playoff bracket….storylines galore. They’ll be playing up all these points, get ready for it.

Go big or go home!!

by average joe blow on Dec 19, 2011 10:14 AM EST reply actions

espn is a closet raven fan

as somebody say in here, don´t trust columnist born and raised in Bal

by Ben Balesverger on Dec 19, 2011 3:59 PM EST reply actions

no offense…but that is Raven/Raven fan mentality. It’s b.s

ESPN is Tebow, Tebow, child molester, Tebow,child molestor, Tebow, Rodgers, Brady Tebow and people’s opinions of tTebow fans….period….

They don’t give a flying f about the Steelers, Ravens, 9ers, etc…..

Please don’t waste your time worrying about the media’s opinion. Otherwise you end up looking like a whiny bitch, like Malor, Harbaugh, and Flacco….it’s sad….

“boo hoo…the media doesn’t slobber over us…all they like is (insert team, story, player, or any other option that makes their pee pee feel inadequate here) we earned our respect…but blah blah blah blah..

Sorry, not trying to be rude…but that’s their thing…leave it to them.

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by FrankWyt on Dec 20, 2011 6:28 AM EST up reply actions