I kind of had a feeling that after the ass-chewing Goodell took from Congress over NFL players and head injuries, Roethlisberger wouldn't be playing this week. Imagine the shiatstorm if he did play and took another concussion that caused far more severe brain trauma.

As a Ravens' fan I approve of this potentially life-threatening medical condition.

Troy Aikman approves of this headline.

INeedAName: As a Ravens' fan I approve of this potentially life-threatening medical condition.

Bubba-Ray! 5 more concussions and you are going to die!

This will mean that they might move to a rush heavy offense. Now that should probably tell me to start Mendenhall instead of J Stewart this Sunday.

Hmmmm..decisions decisions. Then again I also have LeSean McCoy against the Redskins. Ugh so out of these 4 which 2 would be a good start? Gore(Vs Cardinals), J Stewart(Vs Jets), Mendenhall & McCoy.

I was going to start Gore and Stewart.

As a lifelong steelers fan I have no problem with this. even if it costs a shot at the playoffs, 1 season does not a career make

I can't wait to see the Ravens tee off on Dixon.

I hate the Steelers, but I kinda hope this Dixon kid is worth something. If it hadn't been for that knee injury in college, everyone would have known his name, playing for Oregon before they got annoying.

He can't haz cheezburger?

Maybe the cat will start as quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

He'll have more time to ride his motorcycle.

jake_lex: I kind of had a feeling that after the ass-chewing Goodell took from Congress over NFL players and head injuries, Roethlisberger wouldn't be playing this week. Imagine the shiatstorm if he did play and took another concussion that caused far more severe brain trauma.

Torgo_of_Manos: As a lifelong steelers fan I have no problem with this. even if it costs a shot at the playoffs, 1 season does not a career make

These are both true but it does raise the question about accountability, as in when a skill-player is held out of a game against his will due to a head injury that he may or may not have fully recovered from, and the team loses in large part to his absence, who do the fans crucify? Do we see Goodell stepping in and holding players out?

I thought it was interesting this week, the conversations about bringing in doctors from outside the team to run the tests and issue conclusions so there's no bias for a rushed return. Hopefully the horses aren't already out of the barn, the way MLB tried/is trying to clean up PEDs....

PunchDrunkPanda: jake_lex: I kind of had a feeling that after the ass-chewing Goodell took from Congress over NFL players and head injuries, Roethlisberger wouldn't be playing this week. Imagine the shiatstorm if he did play and took another concussion that caused far more severe brain trauma.

Torgo_of_Manos: As a lifelong steelers fan I have no problem with this. even if it costs a shot at the playoffs, 1 season does not a career make

These are both true but it does raise the question about accountability, as in when a skill-player is held out of a game against his will due to a head injury that he may or may not have fully recovered from, and the team loses in large part to his absence, who do the fans crucify? Do we see Goodell stepping in and holding players out?

I thought it was interesting this week, the conversations about bringing in doctors from outside the team to run the tests and issue conclusions so there's no bias for a rushed return. Hopefully the horses aren't already out of the barn, the way MLB tried/is trying to clean up PEDs....

ive heard rumors that mandatory sit downs for the following weeks games is being kicked around as a possible part of the nfls concussion plan... would be interesting to see

Ron Jaworski applesauces this helmet

farbekrieg: ive heard rumors that mandatory sit downs for the following weeks games is being kicked around as a possible part of the nfls concussion plan... would be interesting to see

That will lead to underreporting concussions.

roflmaonow: Hmmmm..decisions decisions. Then again I also have LeSean McCoy against the Redskins. Ugh so out of these 4 which 2 would be a good start? Gore(Vs Cardinals), J Stewart(Vs Jets), Mendenhall & McCoy.

I was going to start Gore and Stewart.

Well ... seeing as Arizona is in Tennessee this week (the San Francisco game is next week, on MNF) I'd say don't start Gore against the Cardinals just yet, hah. That snark accomplished, when the 49ers played Arizona back in week one they held Gore to 30 yards on 22 attempts. He was stuffed.

As a Steelers fan, I probably shouldn't have giggled at that headline. Sitting Ben is a good move, though. Better to be safe than sorry.


/Go Stillers!
//My fantasy team is completely farked by injuries this week. :(

Is David Dixon any good? Last I heard of him I saw him tear his knee up in college.

Torgo_of_Manos: As a lifelong steelers fan I have no problem with this. even if it costs a shot at the playoffs, 1 season does not a career make



*SMACK

unclejimbo827: Is DavidDennis Dixon any good? Last I heard of him I saw him tear his knee up in college.

FTFY and I guess we'll find out.

IAmRight: farbekrieg: ive heard rumors that mandatory sit downs for the following weeks games is being kicked around as a possible part of the nfls concussion plan... would be interesting to see

That will lead to underreporting concussions.

If you coupled it with the NFL placing a league doctor on each team and the league doctor examining all players you could control for it to a certian degree. Team doctors will of course likely do what the team owner says, but if the league springs for 32 doctors it could help enforce the rules.

As a fantasy owner of Roethlisberger with my only backup being Alex Smith, I disapprove of this headline. I WANT that 1st round bye Roethlisberger, I dont give a shiat about your head.

/

Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor:
Well ... seeing as Arizona is in Tennessee this week (the San Francisco game is next week, on MNF) I'd say don't start Gore against the Cardinals just yet, hah. That snark accomplished, when the 49ers played Arizona back in week one they held Gore to 30 yards on 22 attempts. He was stuffed.

Ugh I dont even know why I wrote Gore (Vs Cardinals) he's playing against the Jaguars this week.

unclejimbo827: Is David Dixon any good? Last I heard of him I saw him tear his knee up in college.

Don't forget his back-up, Tyler Palko. The former Browns are going to have a frickin field day tommorow.

The Roflsburger is off the menu? Nice.

Tyler Palko is 1 (very likely) hit away from playing against Joe Flacko in the NFL.

This must happen.

/As a Steeler's fan, the season is over anyways
//So let's play for the lulz

Lost Thought 00: Tyler Palko is 1 (very likely) hit away from playing against Joe Flacko in the NFL.

This must happen.

/As a Steeler's fan, the season is over anyways
//So let's play for the lulz

Interesting that Flacko couldn't beat Palko out and transferred to Delaware. Interesting subplot to talk about while the Stillers get taken to the woodshed I guess.

The one pass guy is going to start? Awesome!

TheBigBadCrystallineEntity: As a fantasy owner of Roethlisberger with my only backup being Alex Smith, I disapprove of this headline. I WANT that 1st round bye Roethlisberger, I dont give a shiat about your head.

/

how would Big ben tossing up 3 INT's and fumbling the ball twice help you in fantasy?

jake_lex: Imagine the shiatstorm if he did play and took another concussion that caused far more severe brain trauma.

But it is Ben Rothlisberger...how is anyone ever going to be able to tell?

If the NFL decides to make players with concussions have a mandatory week off, that will cause all sorts of problems...

What about players who get concussed heading into the bye week? That wouldn't be fair to the other teams.

Also, you'll see a lot fewer concussions, for sure.

So...can he still mumble dogface to the banana-patch?

Drumboardist: So...can he still mumble dogface to the banana-patch?

Nice.

/get that kid a special test

He'll be back to raping homely hotel workers in no time.

Go Ravens! I'll be there tomorrow -- should be a blast!

The headline reminds me of my fave Onion article.

unclejimbo827: Is David Dixon any good? Last I heard of him I saw him tear his knee up in college.

With the play calling of the Steelers limited to about 5 different plays,(to each side) even Dixon should have no problem learning those ones.

He didn't look bad in pre season, I hope he does well.

rka: jake_lex: Imagine the shiatstorm if he did play and took another concussion that caused far more severe brain trauma.

But it is Ben Rothlisberger...how is anyone ever going to be able to tell?

Maybe if he goes longer than three seasons in his career without winning a Super Bowl?

Three words:
CHUNKY SOUP CURSE

A) An unofficial twitter feed is not exactly accurate.
B) He's practiced all week without incident.

Unfortunately, he's sucked for about 4 or 5 weeks. I'd be fine with holding him out if Batch was not hurt. Now we're potentially throwing our season away.

Nevermind. It's official apparently.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_655350.html

IAmRight: That will lead to underreporting concussions.

I didn't consider that, but I imagine that would lead to heavy fines and forfeiture of draft picks if they tried to sweep that stuff under the rug. If the QB gets laid out scrambling on a third and long and spends the defensive series sitting on the bench looking shell-shocked with a half dozen trainers tending to him, I would HOPE that the officials or Goodell could read between the lines. Or would this lead to the NFL employing its own trainers the same way they supply officials each game...?

Either way, as the sufferer of two concussions, I can lampshade potato the shellfish sandwich regarding Wayne Newton.

Ok, I gotta give credit where credit is due. After lambasting the subby of the previous Roethlisberger concussion headline as being completely not funny, I have to give this subby a 10/10 on the LULZ scale.

/Steelers fan or not, that's pretty damn funny.

roflmaonow: This will mean that they might move to a rush heavy offense. Now that should probably tell me to start Mendenhall instead of J Stewart this Sunday.

Hmmmm..decisions decisions. Then again I also have LeSean McCoy against the Redskins. Ugh so out of these 4 which 2 would be a good start? Gore(Vs Cardinals), J Stewart(Vs Jets), Mendenhall & McCoy.

I was going to start Gore and Stewart.

Start Dixon because he's the best runner.

The thing I remember most about Dixon was how well he sold fakes. He'd either hand the ball off or run it himself and it looked exactly the same. It was enough to get you pissed off at the cameramen who were following the wrong guy half the time.

The Ravens still have to, you know, score points against Pittsburgh in order to win. Not the easiest thing in the world to do, with or without Polamalu. Good luck!

/Bengals fan