Big Ben Back at Practice

Despite the fact that Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin reported at his press conference on Tuesday that QB Ben Roethlisberger was expected to be limited at practice, he took part in the team’s full practice yesterday.

Roethlisberger's shoulder injury continues to be a small issue but it's much better than it was a week ago.

“I feel better,” said Roethlisberger. “Obviously it’s sore. Who in here isn’t sore who plays this game? But, it’s definitely better and we’re making progress.”

“On Thursday, I took all the snaps and instead of throwing I just went through all the motions and pointed to the guy I would have thrown to,” said Roethlisberger. “It’s a way to the play, as coach said, in the helmet and it’s good to be mentally in there.”

Yesterday, much of the news media was focused on Ben's shoulder wanting to clear up the confusion (they should've just visited my blog!), but Roethlisberger was not particularly open to discussing the matter saying that "it's still attached" and not worth discussing further.

It was also one of the discussions last night on the Subway Nightly Sports Call between Bob Pompiani and Bob Smizak. When Pompiani asked where he thought the confusion was coming from, Smizak was certain that Roethlisberger had everything to do with it (i.e., he was the one who reported that his shoulder was separated to NBC and whoever else would listen). Whatever, if he gets the job done - WHO CARES?! So what if he seeks a little attention (perhaps wanting to make himself look like a better QB playing "hurt") - let's face it, he's a "high maintanence" QB - maybe it's because of his young age and something he'll "outgrow," but he get's the job done and I think we've given him enough time talking about his latest injury; let's move on!

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