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Ben and AB health updates

Ben don't watch film. Must be someone else. :-).

Ain't no way AB doesn't go.
 
All I know is I hope
a.) this is all gamesmanship with brown and he is fine.
b.) this is all gamesmanship with DW and he is fine
c.) This isn't gamesmanship with ben and he is really fine, and landry isn't the surprise starter next week
 
Dulac still thinks Brown is in good shape. Dulac knows what he's talking about. I'll never trust an ESPN report over a local guy who has never steered me wrong before. If the Steelers want to leak out info as a smokescreen, who do you think gets that info?

By the way, it's Monday. Plenty of time for AB to come around.

I do believe the report about DW, though. If all was good, he wouldn't be in North Carolina visiting a foot specialist today.
 
Guessin at its finest. His in a medical process where tid bits are not being leaked. It's about what they seen and are guessing. Given that AB just flopped and this is all smoke and mirrors he will be fine come game day.

As we all know he got knocked the **** out and he STILL will play. Book it.
 
SteelerAl said:
Dulac still thinks Brown is in good shape. Dulac knows what he's talking about. I'll never trust an ESPN report over a local guy who has never steered me wrong before. If the Steelers want to leak out info as a smokescreen, who do you think gets that info?

By the way, it's Monday. Plenty of time for AB to come around.

I do believe the report about DW, though. If all was good, he wouldn't be in North Carolina visiting a foot specialist today.
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Unless he has a minor break or strain and they want to know if resting it for a week will help more than hurt... sometimes if you cant hurt it any worse, its not worth sitting...in other times if rest isn't going to help there is no point in not playing. If he has a higher than normal chance to reinjure it and resting for a week puts him at 100% for the Pats or Chiefs if we win, then Toussaint and Todman can run into the brick wall that is Denver's front line. Again Todman has a bunch of long runs and catches in his short career, and Toussaint has pedigree
 
thumbring said:
Hope this is wrong...
Steelers Depot quoting ESPN saying is unlikely AB will play Sunday.
http://www.Invalid Link - Check SN ...owns-odds-of-playing-sunday-not-looking-good/
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They just had it on the crawl on ESPN. It said Ben likely to go, but Brown "not looking good".
 
madinsomniac said:
Unless he has a minor break or strain and they want to know if resting it for a week will help more than hurt... sometimes if you cant hurt it any worse, its not worth sitting...in other times if rest isn't going to help there is no point in not playing. If he has a higher than normal chance to reinjure it and resting for a week puts him at 100% for the Pats or Chiefs if we win, then Toussaint and Todman can run into the brick wall that is Denver's front line. Again Todman has a bunch of long runs and catches in his short career, and Toussaint has pedigree
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I actually think it may be better to have 2 that can play rather than a less than 100% DW. This all hinges on the health of AB, Ben and less on the RB.
 
Might as well add DeAngelo Williams to this thread since I'm not liking the latest prognosis:

DeAngelo Williams is no sure bet to suit up for the Steelers this weekend.


NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported that Pittsburgh's starting running back is visiting foot specialist Dr. Robert Anderson in Charlotte on Monday, per a source. It's "not looking good" for Williams to play in Sunday's AFC divisional-round tilt against the Broncos, Rapoport was told.

Williams hasn't played since injuring his foot in a Week 17 win over the Browns. In his absence, Fitzgerald Toussaint and Jordan Todman combined for 123 yards off 28 carries while wideout Martavis Bryant added another tote for 44 yards in Saturday's 18-16 wild-card win over the Bengals.

Pittsburgh has all sorts of injury issues heading into Sunday, with All-Pro wideout Antonio Brown in concussion protocol and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger battling a sprained AC joint in his throwing shoulder.

Losing Williams would hurt against Denver's active front seven, but Pittsburgh isn't ready to rule him out just yet. Stay tuned, Steelers fans.
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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...angelo-williams-could-sit-sunday-for-steelers
 
I don't care what they say on Monday.. AB will be on that field in Denver
 
TDX27 said:
Denver's D is good but can be had deep as we showed when we beat them earlier. But, if Ben or AB are out, we will have trouble exploiting their week area.
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Both their starting safeties were out that game. You take that into consideration, and they are playing at home, and I am worried.
 
I thought Wed was the first test day for concussion protocol.
 
On ESPN's app, there was a tweet last night from the NFL (didn't identify a name) saying that Ben is looking good for Sunday but AB is NOT. I still think it is too early. Today should be the first true updates we get from the team. Not that the updates today will mean much either. I think we should have a pretty good feel after Thursdays practice as to whose going to do what.
 
Cope said:
I thought Wed was the first test day for concussion protocol.
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That's pretty much what the Doc in the twitter link I posted was saying. There's no way Schefter could even know about AB's condition for this Sunday when the final concussion testing hasn't even been completed yet.
 
Shefter is a ******* hack, he constantly pulls this ****, and should have been suspended for the **** he pulled with JPP.
 
Steelers1356 said:
That's pretty much what the Doc in the twitter link I posted was saying. There's no way Schefter could even know about AB's condition for this Sunday when the final concussion testing hasn't even been completed yet.
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Not sure but if AB is saying he's having headaches, dizziness, etc. to his teammates or others, that is what could be leaked to the press. I'll just try to stay calm until about Thursday but I sure hope he and Ben and even DW are healthy and ready to go. We need to be firing on all cylinders heading into Denver.
 
6Rings said:
Both their starting safeties were out that game. You take that into consideration, and they are playing at home, and I am worried.
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Everyone should be worried about facing that defense at full strength with the crowd noise aiding them. Even if Ben & AB play, it doesn't look good for DeAngelo and points will be tough to come by. We will need our defense to get a couple turnovers and short fields for the offense. Hopefully Peyton will be a bit off, if we can shut down their running game and push the pocket we will have a chance.

We couldn't run the ball in the first game - Denver really crowded the LOS - so it's hard to imagine we will have success running this time around. It'll be on Ben and the WRs to beat tight man-to-man coverage.
 
Cope said:
Shefter is a ******* hack, he constantly pulls this ****, and should have been suspended for the **** he pulled with JPP.
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What happened there? I didn't follow the whole JPP saga.
 
http://www.Invalid Link - Check SN Home Page/2016/01/roethlisberger-suf/

Looks like an AC sprain and torn ligaments in the shoulder..
 
I'm not scared of Denver. I know they just played us really close in Pittsburgh without their safeties and our passing game clicking at full strength, but come on. This is the playoffs, and it appears as though our defense is also capable of stepping up a notch. Playoff/cold weather Peyton doesn't scare me and I think we can rattle him with pressure. I don't hate our chances. Although if AB can't go that's going to suck. But this team has fought through injuries, suspensions, impossible situations, etc. all season. Just going to let it play out on Sunday and hope for the best
 
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mdk2 said:
http://www.Invalid Link - Check SN Home Page/2016/01/roethlisberger-suf/

Looks like an AC sprain and torn ligaments in the shoulder..
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Why would he reveal that
 
mdk2 said:
http://www.Invalid Link - Check SN Home Page/2016/01/roethlisberger-suf/

Looks like an AC sprain and torn ligaments in the shoulder..
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Technically, all sprains are fiber tears.
 
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