Lefty's Take on Playing Tonight

[Jooser]

"Said [URL="http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/652/steelers-qb"]Steelers QB[/URL][URL="http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/1478/byron-leftwich"]Byron Leftwich[/URL], “I’m a D.C. kid, an inner city kid, and I grew up throwing rocks and anything else I could throw. I [URL="http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/2950874-85/throw-steelers-leftwich-game-delivery-differently-eli-identity-kid-names#axzz2CZuO4Oma"]throw the way I throw[/URL]. Yeah, I’ve got a long windup. We all do things differently, but the key is, can we get out there and get the job done? I can still play a little bit.”


I like it! Under spoken, but confident.

[NorthCoast]

I hope for Leftwich's sake he has a good game so that he can prove all the naysayers wrong.

Here are some things you might not know about his game:

Early in his career, Leftwich excelled at the long ball, passes > 20yds. However, toward the end of his regular playing days Leftwich was over 100 in QB rating for passes < 20 yds. He was also a money QB when it was 3rd down and <10yds. Sure, he isn't Ben Roethlisberger, but he should be able to do enough to win games while Ben is out.

Don't sell Leftwich short just yet.

[SidSmythe]

The team's gotta rally around him. If he makes a few mistakes so be it.
The Defense has got to step up and the Offense needs to rally around him. If we can take 1 out of 2 vs. the Ratbirds we will be very fortunate. But winning this one at home would be huge

[PsychoWard]

I believe in Lefty and I think it's foolish to rule the Steelers out because he's behind center tonight.