Polamalu

Peter King on sunday night football just said all steeler fans can have a sigh of relief because the injury Troy suffered was not serious and that he should be fine to play against Arizona sunday....concussion like symptoms but apparently he talked to someone with the team who says its not a concussion and that he should be fine

 

Hard to believe that it's even possible for TP to get a concussion.... with all that hair it's like having 2 helmets on! HA!

 

Living here in Maryland and not being able to view the game directly, the one thing that I am not clear on (as I had to listen to the game on the computer via the radio), is... Was Troy hurt making the play on third and one or was he hurt after receiving the helmet smash with Ryan Clark for making the play?

 

Troy was hurt making a play but I'm sure the headbutt from Clark didn't exactly help.

 

I'm far less concerned about our short-term needs (Arizona, NE) than I am about Troy's long-term health. Too many concussions will end a guy's career before his body is ready. We could lose years of awesome Troy P-ness if he gets too many. If this really wasn't a concussion, then I'm glad he can play this week, but I'm very very happy that it won't count against his concussion tally. For his sake as a person, and for our sake, needing his skills for many years to come.

 

Maybe Ryan Clark's head butt fixed the problem.

 

Stats are not good when his is out....and also not so great when he is playing hurt....i.e. the achilles problem like he had late in the season/playoffs last year.

He is a one man wrecking crew when healthy. Our D counts on his style of play to make it work.

We need Troy to stay healthy.

 

Found this from a USA today article
"During the last two seasons, the Steelers are 14-4 when Polamalu plays but 5-7 when he doesn't. He missed 11 games last season with a pair of left knee injuries." Thankfully it looks like he will play this week!

 

Thanks, I loved that!

 

Sorry to hijack this thread but when I read your comments about the stats I could not help thinking of the other stat I read about us being 16 wins and 1 loss when Hoke starts :-D

Bman

 

Yes its a very good point. I believe TP has had 7 concussions and medical professionals say each one preceding the other happens more easily. I think he has to be careful in order to play with the Steelers for many years to come

Bman

 

Bman, you write above the quotes here, too!

 

God its exciting to finally post stats