Big Ben tweaked ankle

**MD Boy** · 01-05-2012, 11:36 AM

What a little bitch this guy is. This DBag is so full of shit it's not even funny. The only ones who fall for his BS is the idiotic Shittsburgh fan base.

Mendenhall tore his ACL and took the spotlight off of him - All he is doing now, is trying to get back in the headlines and get some more attention. And it worked.

**footballfan** · 01-05-2012, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by GOTA

You're right. Ben would be a respected a lot more if he just shut up. His on the field play has been great. Playing 'hurt' every week doesn't prove anything. Amazing that after 3 Super Bowls his legacy will be this drama queen crap.

Exactly. His boorish behavior and penchant for embellishing injuries has diminished his on the field accomplishments. I am not the only Steeler fan who feels that way.

**52decleetzu** · 01-05-2012, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by Paintballguy

It's ridiculous. Just like when he first sprained it, he though he broke it. Then, it turned out to be only a grade 1 sprain. Just STFU and play. Everyone is hurt this time of year.

And you know what is funny about that? The media has been reporting it as "one of those HIGH ankle sprains that takes 4-6 weeks to recover from, it is a MIRACLE he is even playing at all". Every analyst has been saying "man I have had the injury and it is tough!"

The "high ankle sprain" was complete speculation on the sidelines right after it happened and nothing more. Even when the Steelers came out and said it was a regular grade 1 sprain, the media completely ignored it and is still calling it a high ankle sprain to this day.

**lovefootball** · 01-05-2012, 03:27 PM

But his grade 1 sprain goes all the way up to his mangina. You know that has to hurt real bad. LOL

**Haloti92** · 01-05-2012, 04:01 PM

Found this old ESPN story from 2009:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3894263

The Pittsburgh Steelers have no knowledge that Ben Roethlisberger played the Super Bowl with two broken ribs, as the quarterback told a Web site....

...

Roethlisberger has previously exaggerated or misstated injuries he supposedly suffered during his five-season career.

The day after the January 2005 AFC Championship Game, Roethlisberger said he broke two toes during the 41-27 loss to New England. Coach Bill Cowher emphatically denied that, saying the quarterback merely aggravated a toe injury from college. Roethlisberger never brought up the issue again.

Roethlisberger also said during training camp in 2006 that he played the Steelers' Super Bowl-winning season of 2005 with a broken thumb. Roethlisberger missed no playing time after supposedly being hurt on Nov. 28, 2005, in Indianapolis, and the team never revealed any such injury.

After Cowher resigned following the 2006 season, Roethlisberger acknowledged he and the coach didn't always get along -- in part, apparently, because Cowher felt the quarterback exaggerated the extent of injuries.

LOL