Ben Roethlisberger Had Minor Knee Surgery

the sky is falling! the sky is falling!

 

He'll be ready roughly 2 weeks before pre-season... no big thing.. .landry jones needs the extra work anyway

 

Not sure why he waited till now but...

 

now john parker wilson gets a real helmet until training camp.

 

It is only minor when it is someone other than yourself having it.

 

heck ben could have something done every offseason. feet,knees,shoulders,ribs,ankles,nose,face,toes,arms. am i forgetting any? we can rebuild him.

maybe now we will get to see heath play qb.

 

Ben was interviewed later and said he had surgery to repair a torn ACL, MCL, PCL and a dislocated patella, but that he'll be ready to go by training camp.

 

Is kinda funny tho, how all we kept hearing him say in interviews all offseason so far, was how healthy he finally felt...
Oh well...
What would ya expect him to say?
Sometimes makes me wonder why I bother to follow what the players/coaches say in interviews...
Obviously, they are never gonna reveal anything that would put them at a disadvantage...
Which is pretty much anything significant...
Hope Troy ain`t lyin about how good he feels... raying:

 

In all seriousness, does this concern anyone else? Don't want to make more out of this than what it is, but Blast Furnace and I have had multiple enthusiastic discussions about the backside of Ben's career with me expressing serious concern because of the pounding that Ben has taken up to this point in his career. I've speculated that Ben may not have as long a career as some QBs but BF basically tells me to chill out and that Ben's nowhere close to the end of his career, citing QBs like Favre, Manning and others. I'm not sure how much more of a pounding Ben's body can take. That's why I think Haley could be a godsend for Ben if he'll listen. That's also the reason I was a strong proponent of the Steelers drafting a quarterback THIS YEAR that could develop into a quality starter. Don't want to be negative, but I'm afraid these little nagging injury issues may become more and more commonplace for Ben.

 

Just that Ben's 8 years older and has taken about 5,000 hits since then.

 

I would be surprised if he makes it another 5 years.
That would be about a 15 year career, and he would be 35, if I remember things correctly.
Others have made it longer, but other than Farve, I don`t think they have had the toll taken on their body, on, and off-field that he has.
(And I really don`t wanna see him become a media punchline, like Brett did. I respect the hell outta that qb)
I would love to be wrong, but I`m just not that optimistic.
IF he changes his style, considerably, I guess it`s possible.. but, I just don`t ever see him being a "pure pocket passer", and abandoning the sandlot style he has.
Live with it, die by it... It`s just who he is...
Hopefully he gets us another ring or two, before his body gives out on him ( because I doubt he will quit, while his body is capable of playing)...
Not sure if Landry Jones will be his succesor, But I certainly don`t think it was too soon to start thinking about it, as much as I hate to think about it.

 

Are these same questions raised by packers fans??

Aaron Rodgers has been hit/sacked more then ben. Do you see his career going short??

 

I heard that Ben had an accident where he was sacked while riding his motorcycle. As he was flying through the air someone punched him in the nose (oddly enough it was in the opposite direction of his last hit in the nose, thus, making his nose normal again). When he landed someone, rushing up to help, stepped on his ankle. When they fell it was on top of Ben, displacing his rib. Incidentally, during all of this his right arm fell off. He had minor surgery to repair all of this, except his nose, but he feels like he will be back in time for training camp and plans on taking over at Left Tackle. I heard this from a reliable source. Your welcome!

 

The break down continues,catch him now folks, you may not see him
in a Steeler uniform in Three years. He is one tough Hombre and truly gifted athlete
but after taking as many hits as he has over is career? And you wonder why he can't throw the deep out?
You wonder why he has lost his MAGIC.

 

I don't think it is the start of the end for Ben. It was a minor surgery and something to clean up an item that had been bothering him for quite a while. I think just the opposite. With the new offense etc. I think Haley etc. will extend his career. If this was the 7th surgery on that same knee I would be concerned.

Jim great post.

 

If it means having to endure any more of those Discount Double Check adverts every time I move my mouse anywhere near NFL.com... I hope not.

 

the trouble i have is ben won't let himself heal either. he'll be running the team if he can make it to the huddle with help. he has hurt us several times playing when he should have been sitting another week or two. ben is not good when he doesn't practice. it hurts the team at times. similar to leftwich last year. everyone in the world knew he was hurt but MT.

 

ed has to remember marino wasen't sacked much either. he had a quick release and didn't hold the ball. big difference in the pounding they have taken. scar tissue,arthrietis any of this has to be a bigger concern to ben after so many different injuries. it's just the nature of the human body. heck danno had knee trouble at pitt didn't he?

aaron rodgers didn't play his first 3 seasons did he?