“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.”
Shoulder separations, or sprains, are graded I, II, or III depending on how far the collarbone is separated from the shoulder
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“Hopefully he will progress like he did last week,” said Tomlin. “I met with him and he said he feels better this week than he did a week ago, which is good.”
“Some guys require a great number of snaps to be prepared to play, some guys can learn visually in the film room and some need physical reps,” said Tomlin. "Thankfully with Ben he is a quick study and sharp guy. He can learn in a variety of ways, film study, visual reps and so forth. It doesn’t take him a great deal of reps to be ready to play, at least in my experience.
“I thought he played pretty well the other night. Hopefully it won’t be an issue if he is limited this week. I know it won’t be an excuse.”
“We followed the rotation principle at the defensive line,” said Tomlin. “We have suited six guys and played six. Now is an opportunity for Orpheus Roye to step up into the rotation. It won’t be one guy; it will be a collection of guys that get an opportunity to play in his spot. As always our standard of expectation won’t change. We expect those guys to play and play at a high level.”Other noteable injuries:
“All of those guys are not in question for the game, just limited for the first part of the week,” said Tomlin. “All in all, considering how physical that game was, not a bad laundry list of injuries.”
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel was injured in the first quarter of Sunday night's game against Cleveland. Keisel injured his right calf and returned to the sideline sporting crutches and a protective boot from his knee to his foot.A Steelers spokesperson said that there won't be any updates on either of these injuries until Coach Mike Tomlin's press conference today.NBC-TV reported Sunday night that Roethlisberger has a separated shoulder, described merely as "sore" by coach Mike Tomlin a week ago. Indeed,
Roethlisberger has a low-grade separation but it did not prevent him from throwing 19 times, including one pass of at least 60 yards and another of 50 in a swirling wind in Cleveland.
Outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley is one of five finalists for the Defensive Player of the Week award while running back Willie Parker is one of three finalists for the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week.The winners for the weekly awards are determined by fan voting, so be sure to vote for LaMarr Woodley and Willie Parker who are well deserving of the honor after the games they both had last Sunday against the Houston Texans!
"I'm excited for those guys so they can silence the critics who are talking bad about them," Roethlisberger said during training camp. "I have all the faith in the world that they'll protect me."
“It was an amazing experience to watch all these levels of football,” said Therrien, who grew up in Montreal and played hockey and baseball as a youngster. “The fans are so passionate. They really get behind their teams. It’s really great to see.”
“I got a chance to speak with Mike and wish him good luck in person,” Therrien said. “It was an amazing experience to be down on the field before the game, to see all those guys, and it was great to have the Steelers open the season with a big win.”
