I know, i know...I can't handle it. Isn't there a Lakers game on or something?I'm really tired of hating on Medium Ben, I really am. I mean, the guy did make his haters eat crow on the biggest stage in the world (but not without a little help from his boy Tone.) But the man just adds fuel to my fire. From Peter King at CNNSI:
Regarding the celebrated ribs: Roethlisberger was speared in the kidney area in the AFC Championship Game. His midsection hurt so much that he had X-rays before the Super Bowl. They were negative. But a subsequent MRI told a different story. He found out last Thursday.
"Fractured ribs,'' Roethlisberger said. "Luckily, in the game, I didn't take any big hits to make 'em hurt. But I knew all along there was something wrong. There wouldn't have been anything they could have done about fractured ribs anyway. It was just suck it up and play.''
Quite the story. It makes what he accomplished a little more remarkable, no? I was almost ready to anoint him Almost Big Ben after reading King's story. But alas, ESPN.com returned my head from the clouds...
The Pittsburgh Steelers have no knowledge that Ben Roethlisberger played the Super Bowl with two broken ribs, as the quarterback told a Web site...
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 did not mention any possible injury during postgame interviews...
It is uncertain if the validity of Roethlisberger's claim will be proven...
So which story is true? You would think that the team would know the definitive injury status of its star QB going into the biggest game of the year. And seeing that the season is over and they don't need to hide any injury news for fear of teams targeting a weakness, there's really no reason to lie about it. Maybe I should start calling him Tall Ben, for the rather tall tales he seems to come up with when it comes to his injuries. Or maybe Hypochondriac Ben would be more suitable. Either way, the best way to cure imaginary broken ribs is by looking at your two Super Bowl rings.
Maybe MB leaked a random unknown minor injury prior to the game as a precaution on his part, that later was over shadowed and forgotten due to a semi - well played game, UNTIL NOW where MB had to draw deep into his medium sized brain and came up with 2 fractured ribs...
ReplyDeleteBig ben is a faggot and only eats Mc Ribs
ReplyDeletemondesishouse just did a related blog... http://mondesishouse.blogspot.com/2009/02/ben-had-broken-ribs-in-sb43.html ...check out his injury history:
ReplyDeleteJan 23, 2009 Back
Jan 09, 2009 Concussion
Dec 28, 2008 Concussion
Dec 26, 2008 Ankle
Dec 05, 2008 Knee
Nov 07, 2008 Right shoulder
Nov 03, 2008 Right shoulder
Oct 31, 2008 Right shoulder
Oct 03, 2008 Right shoulder
Sep 22, 2008 Right hand
Sep 19, 2008 Right shoulder
Sep 12, 2008 Right shoulder
Dec 28, 2007 Ankle
Dec 14, 2007 Right shoulder
Nov 09, 2007 Hip
Oct 05, 2007 Foot
Dec 27, 2006 Left shoulder
Nov 29, 2006 Chest
Oct 25, 2006 Concussion
Oct 23, 2006 Head
Sep 13, 2006 Appendectomy
Sep 05, 2006 Appendectomy
Jan 18, 2006 Right Thumb
Jan 11, 2006 Right thumb
Jan 04, 2006 Right thumb
Dec 28, 2005 Right thumb
Dec 21, 2005 Right Thumb
Dec 14, 2005 Right thumb
Dec 07, 2005 Right Thumb
Nov 30, 2005 Right Thumb
Nov 23, 2005 Knee
Nov 16, 2005 Knee
Nov 09, 2005 Knee
Nov 02, 2005 Knee
Oct 19, 2005 Knee
Oct 12, 2005 Knee
Sep 21, 2005 Back
Sep 14, 2005 Knee
Dec 29, 2004 Ribs
Dec 08, 2004 Quadricep
Sep 17, 2004 Knee
how could you forget the infamous 2 broken toes during the last superbowl run in which the Steelers also denied any truth to that as well. It seems as though he has to validate how well he plays. Almost as if saying imagine what I could have done had my ribs not been broken. This is exactly what my point is about Ben, the bigger the stage the bigger the injury. DIVA!!!
ReplyDeleteThe bigger the RING.
ReplyDeleteI hereby pronounce Ben Roethlisberger more important than Jesus.
If we are ragging on Ben for this I have to bring up when Brady wore the Boot the week before last year's SB. All the QB's are vertical taco's except for Favre.
ReplyDeletethe only reason favre never complained about injuries is because he was popping pills twenty at a time. he couldn't even feel the football in his hands.
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