stuvian Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 i thought he got married and found God or was that just a PR move? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, That's No Moon said: UCL is a year injury minimum. Baseball pitchers usually take 2 years to get back to normal after that surgery. At Ben's age that amount of rehab can't sound fun. He has been out most of the season and he isn't close to being back. He's 25% of the way there if he's lucky and doesn't suffer set backs or reinjuries. At this point you rehab on the company dime and keep collecting your fat checks. I think it's extremely unlikely that he is ready to throw in 2020 and I wouldn't be shocked if he doesn't come back in 2021. That's not true. It's a seven-month injury for shortstops (i.e., Didi Gregorious just this year, and he throws 95 mph) and there is research out there that shows that it's an even quicker timetable for QBs. The QB throw is an entirely different throwing motion than pitching a baseball, and there's a lot less stress on the elbow than on a baseball pitcher. http://billsmafia.com/2018/10/16/ucl-injury-not-common-in-football/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20609599 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said: This would have been the year for Pittsburgh to clean house and start a re-build. But that's not the Steeler way. Instead they traded their 1st for a difference-maker and still made a pretty good run at making the playoffs. Point being, I dont see them selling off assets just because Ben leaves. Totally agree. They're still in the playoff hunt in Week 17 with Mason Rudolph and Duck Hodges as their QBs because they have a great OL, good RBs, and a great D. This has been their formula for half a century. Those great Steelers teams of the 70s with Bradshaw were anchored by the Steel Curtain and the running of Franco Harris. I think there's likely to be a decent crop of veteran QBs available in FA. Somebody like Case Keenum or Ryan Tannehill probably could get this team to the playoffs next season. BTW, the Steelers have been without a top tier QB before, and had good success. In Bill Cowher's 15 years as Pittsburgh HC, he had Roethlisberger for only 3 seasons (and won a SB with him), but his teams won 7 division championsships in those 12 seasons with QBs named O'Donnell, Stewart, Tomczak, and Maddox. They also made the AFC Conference Championship 4 times and the Super Bowl once. They'll make due until they find another QB of the caliber of Bradshaw and Roethlisberger. Edited December 24, 2019 by SoTier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Should be a first ballot HOF entrance but due to being a jerk he will be made to wait a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 On 12/23/2019 at 4:04 PM, Binghamton Beast said: Right! Because they will no longer play with a QB in the lineup! Remember when we traded Reed after Kelly left? Same thing. Taysom Hill will take over where Brees left off On 12/24/2019 at 1:33 PM, row_33 said: Should be a first ballot HOF entrance but due to being a jerk he will be made to wait a year Somebody need to carve Rapelisberger onto his bust plaque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Hope he comes back next year and sucks. Also hope he gets the ***** beat out of him on the field next year, couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Ben Roethlisberger “more determined than ever” to come back in 2020 Posted by Josh Alper on December 25, 2019, 1:05 PM EST Devlin Hodges will be playing quarterback for the Steelers in their final game of 2019 and the team is hopeful that they’ll get a chance to play a postseason game in 2020. Whether they advance to the playoffs or not, another quarterback has designs on making starts for them next year. That would be Ben Roethlisberger, who has been out since Week Two with an elbow injury that required him to have surgery. Roethlisberger sent out a tweet wishing all a Merry Christmas and then followed it up with another one that addressed his plans for the coming year. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/12/25/ben-roethlisberger-more-determined-than-ever-to-come-back-in-2020/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 So he says he's working hard and will come back next year. Looks like Pig Ben has been working hard on the buffets around the 'Burgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 3 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: Ben Roethlisberger “more determined than ever” to come back in 2020 Posted by Josh Alper on December 25, 2019, 1:05 PM EST Devlin Hodges will be playing quarterback for the Steelers in their final game of 2019 and the team is hopeful that they’ll get a chance to play a postseason game in 2020. Whether they advance to the playoffs or not, another quarterback has designs on making starts for them next year. That would be Ben Roethlisberger, who has been out since Week Two with an elbow injury that required him to have surgery. Roethlisberger sent out a tweet wishing all a Merry Christmas and then followed it up with another one that addressed his plans for the coming year. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/12/25/ben-roethlisberger-more-determined-than-ever-to-come-back-in-2020/ His appearance on SNF is not of a man who's training for a return. It appears he's put on significant weight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloSol Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 7 hours ago, dpberr said: His appearance on SNF is not of a man who's training for a return. It appears he's put on significant weight. He's going full on carb load, preparing for his cutting phase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikie2times Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 On 12/23/2019 at 6:21 PM, matter2003 said: How do you know? Are you well acquainted with him or is it based on reading a few articles over his career where the reporter may or may not have an ax to grind with him? I live 30 minutes from his home town and the stories that come out of Findlay are far worse than anything the Media has reported. Also well before the media reported it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 14 minutes ago, KzooMike said: I live 30 minutes from his home town and the stories that come out of Findlay are far worse than anything the Media has reported. Also well before the media reported it. This sounds familiar? Did he rent? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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