Steelers Must Balance Caution, Competitiveness with Ben Roethlisberger Return

November 11, 2015   ·   Andrea Hangst   ·   Jump to comments

There's never a good time for a team's starting quarterback to get injured, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are in a bit of a quandary right now.
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger suffered a mid-foot sprain in the fourth quarter of the Steelers' 38-35 win over the Oakland Raiders in Week 9. And while Roethlisberger dodged a bullet—the injury could have been much worse or even season-ending—the initial prognosis is that he will miss "a few weeks" while he recovers.
The injury came in Roethlisberger's second game back from another injury—an MCL sprain and bone bruise—that cost him four games, during which the Steelers went 2-2. Now 5-4, the Steelers are penciled in as the AFC's sixth seed for the playoffs. But they have a tough schedule ahead, one that they will need a healthy Roethlisberger for if they want to keep winning and remain in playoff contention.
The pressure is on for the Steelers to do right by Roethlisberger in terms of his health and simulta...

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