Big Jen Ruled OUT for Sunday!!!

**The Excellector** · 11-14-2012, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by Flipping Birdie

While I believe that it is a serious injury and it sounds like he'll be out for a few games, that whole risking his life if he plays sounds like a Ben Roethlisbergerism if I've ever heard one. I can already read the heroic headlines when he returns in 2 or 3 weeks. "If you look you can see they have Ben wrapped up like a mummy in reflexive high-vis yellow gauze. Amazing! He's risking his life in pursuit of another ring! He's a hero, ladies and gentlemen." I'm not really buying the possibly severing his aorta bit until I hear a trainer or doctor saying "yep, that can happen sometimes."

Usually, I would agree with you, but dislocated ribs are nothing to play with. Ben's probably at a disadvantage, being overweight.

**BMann** · 11-14-2012, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by lobachevsky

Show me the OFFICIAL, DIRECT QUOTE from the Steelers that he isn't playing. Or the OFFICIAL INJURY REPORT that says he's out. Otherwise save your electrons, because it's all just speculation, a bunch of folks adding 2 and 2 and thinking they have 4.

Karl Rove, is that you???

**Sgt CouchPotato** · 11-14-2012, 03:08 PM

kinda sucks, this takes out a lot of the luster of a primetime rivalry game

**Dade** · 11-14-2012, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by Sgt CouchPotato

kinda sucks, this takes out a lot of the luster of a primetime rivalry game

No it doesn't. It's still Ravens-Steelers. Best rivalry in the NFL.

**StingerNLG** · 11-14-2012, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Sgt CouchPotato

kinda sucks, this takes out a lot of the luster of a primetime rivalry game

why? Ray Lewis is out, Lardarius Webb is out. Neither team is at full strength.

Remember to a couple years ago, the Steelers won games with Charlie Batch and Dennis Dixon at the beginning of the season when everybody thought the day would be 0-4. We still have to play against their defense in their house.

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**Sgt CouchPotato** · 11-14-2012, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by StingerNLG

why? Ray Lewis is out, Lardarius Webb is out. Neither team is at full strength.

cause i want to see how the ravens matchup against a playoff caliber team after the beat down they took in houston...i dont think with ben out this is a guaranteed win but it makes a significant difference

**StingerNLG** · 11-14-2012, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Sgt CouchPotato

cause i want to see how the ravens matchup against a playoff caliber team after the beat down they took in houston...i dont think with ben out this is a guaranteed win but it makes a significant difference

we've got the New York Giants, and Denver Broncos at home. I don't think that's an issue right now. we're going to get to see that very soon

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**alien bird** · 11-14-2012, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Sgt CouchPotato

kinda sucks, this takes out a lot of the luster of a primetime rivalry game

Well, as Tomlin said, Hines Ward and Derrick Mason aren't playing either, but it doesn't matter who is in the uniform. It's still the Steelers and the Ravens.

**rharris1986** · 11-14-2012, 06:45 PM

Ben's going to be out a lot longer than this Sunday's Ravens game.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...his-rib-injury.

I hope he recovers fully - but you've got to wonder how he keeps on going with this type of injury - even after it "heals" - whenever that is.

**Paintballguy** · 11-14-2012, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by rharris1986

Ben's going to be out a lot longer than this Sunday's Ravens game.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...his-rib-injury.

I hope he recovers fully - but you've got to wonder how he keeps on going with this type of injury - even after it "heals" - whenever that is.

I really doubt he plays this season again. No doctor will clear him so soon after an injury they have no information on.

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**leachisabeast** · 11-14-2012, 07:25 PM

IDK if he'll be out for the rest of the year, because Jen does big his injuries up, and even though I was part of the "the injury is real" camp, I just don't know with him. If it's 100 % true what he's saying though, he probably wont and shouldn't play for the rest of the season, because he mentioned that there's the possibility of putting pressure on his aorta because of the bone sticking out or something, and runs the risk of his bone fracturing in his clavicle and bursting an artery. If that's the case, I actually question his future in football in general, as it's a life threatening injury. But, more likely than not, it's just Jen being Jen, a dram queen. I do hope he heals soon though.

**Paintballguy** · 11-14-2012, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by leachisabeast

IDK if he'll be out for the rest of the year, because Jen does big his injuries up, and even though I was part of the "the injury is real" camp, I just don't know with him. If it's 100 % true what he's saying though, he probably wont and shouldn't play for the rest of the season, because he mentioned that there's the possibility of putting pressure on his aorta because of the bone sticking out or something, and runs the risk of his bone fracturing in his clavicle and bursting an artery. If that's the case, I actually question his future in football in general, as it's a life threatening injury. But, more likely than not, it's just Jen being Jen, a dram queen. I do hope he heals soon though.

It's not up to Ben though. It's up to the doctors who will be very cautious with a potentially life threatening injury. This isn't a high ankle sprain that you can tape up.

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**leachisabeast** · 11-14-2012, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by Paintballguy

It's not up to Ben though. It's up to the doctors who will be very cautious with a potentially life threatening injury. This isn't a high ankle sprain that you can tape up.

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Very true. It really all depends on how much truth was coming out of Jens mouth about his injury.

**houstonravensfan** · 11-14-2012, 07:40 PM

I'm guessing that
1) Ben does NOT play this week
2) We f-up and lose anyway
3) We beat Pitt in our house and win the division

**StingerNLG** · 11-14-2012, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by leachisabeast

Very true. It really all depends on how much truth was coming out of Jens mouth about his injury.

But it's not HIM that is talking about the injury, it's everyone else.

That said, I don't know what to believe. I'll say this too, if this was a previous injury he's been hiding from the team, then he's a bigger shithead than if he were playing up a minor injury. IF this is something life-threatening with the wrong hit.

**ballhawk** · 11-14-2012, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by StingerNLG

But it's not HIM that is talking about the injury, it's everyone else.

That said, I don't know what to believe. I'll say this too, if this was a previous injury he's been hiding from the team, then he's a bigger shithead than if he were playing up a minor injury. IF this is something life-threatening with the wrong hit.

Actually Ben has said that the rib injury is the most serious, that his pain is at 9 out of 10, he has had to sleep in a chair, and that the dislocated rib could potential stab his aiorta (sp?) and puncture his lung. Of course its his typical drama queen schtick, but it does sound pretty serious. No way he plays either game against us.

**Corey** · 11-14-2012, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by alien bird

Well, as Tomlin said, Hines Ward and Derrick Mason aren't playing either, but it doesn't matter who is in the uniform. It's still the Steelers and the Ravens.

Did Mike really say that? I hate his freaking guts but I really like the guy.

**redmike34** · 11-14-2012, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by ballhawk

Actually Ben has said that the rib injury is the most serious, that his pain is at 9 out of 10, he has had to sleep in a chair, and that the dislocated rib could potential stab his aiorta (sp?) and puncture his lung. Of course its his typical drama queen schtick, but it does sound pretty serious. No way he plays either game against us.

If it's as bad as mine was, it could very well be awhile. I dislocated a rib while I was wrestling in high school, and that was by far both the most painful and simultaneously most annoying injury I've ever had. It depends on how badly it separates. Mine was such so that as long as I wasn't putting any force on my torso, it was fine, but if I did anything which required very much in the way of contraction of abdominal muscles, it would pull the rib out of place. It sucked. I was unable to even roll over in bed for awhile without pulling it out, and I remember one of the most intense moments of pain in my life was when I sat down hard, and the sudden compression of my torso on landing popped it out and stuck it into whatever organ was closest.

I was down hard for a bit over a month--as in, not able to do much of anything. However, I'm sure he's got better docs than I had (which was no docs after initial diagnosis, and the advice to take it easy b/c there wasn't really anything they could do but let it heal). The thing with my injury, and I presume his as well, is that the dislocation basically amounts to the bony part of the rib separating from the cartilaginous part. From what I've heard, cartilage takes a long time to heal because it typically gets not much blood flow, and the thing with this sort of injury is, even when it feels good, how much do you trust it? Took me a long time to really trust that thing again, and mine wasn't in a spot where it might clip my aorta.

He might be back in a couple of weeks, and if he is, I'll tip my hat to him even if he's a Stealer. That's a real bad injury all around.

**Ravenswintitle** · 11-14-2012, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by BMann

Karl Rove, is that you???

outstanding!

**Ravenous1** · 11-15-2012, 12:42 AM

If there is a god we will go to Pittsburgh and beat them 35-3 and then get to sit back and watch the Steeler Nation go into discussion board equivalent of a seizure. In my heart I wanna beat the Steelers with Ben, my mind tells me though that you take the gift and be happy.