Big Ben

[squidkid]

Even his biggest fans say he likes the drama. He does and has his whole career. Not a dig at all. You may be the only dolt not admitting it. Ben said he thought he passed the concussion test today. He'll be playing Sunday.

odd that he took himself out of that game then goes on to say he never had a concussion, wants to play next week and doesnt miss practice........

[LordVile]

odd that he took himself out of that game then goes on to say he never had a concussion, wants to play next week and doesnt miss practice........

Nothing odd at all. He got hurt in that game but wants to play in the next game..

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

Ben has been studying the concussion protocol tests, waiting for the next contact to the head so he can fake a concussion, because he doesn't want to play, and he wants to get traded?

Could absolutely be true, especially since his Dad was noted to be on the grassy knoll moments before the motorcade passed, but was never accounted for immediately after. It's on YouTube!

[feltdizz]

odd that he took himself out of that game then goes on to say he never had a concussion, wants to play next week and doesnt miss practice........

It isnt odd at all.. once the game was out of reach he took himself out. Everyone saw him take a shot to the helmet.

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

He took *himself* out?? Because the game was out of reach??

WFT, last I heard, that is a coach's decision. I thought he was held out because of the results of a concussion protocol test. Maybe it was the right time to pull him, maybe not, but a player deciding to leave the field because he thinks it's the right thing to do doesn't seem right to me at all.

It's confirmed that he took himself out, wasn't pulled?

[Slapstick]

If Ben reports concussion like symptoms, such as peripheral vision loss, then he is taken out of the game regardless of what the coach decides. This is part of the new concussion protocol. Ben could have lied on the sideline and said he was perfectly fine. After the fact, he decided that it was actually a form of migraine. He was still in the concussion protocol because of the symptoms he reported.

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

That's more what I assumed happened. Quite different from what was described a few posts up. Thanks for clarifying -

[Slapstick]

No prob!

[squidkid]

It isnt odd at all.. once the game was out of reach he took himself out. Everyone saw him take a shot to the helmet.

so when the game was still 'in reach', ben stayed in the game after the hit to the head but after the steelers offensive series ends, he self reports.

[Eich]

They need to energize Ben, and the ONLY way to do it, is to appreciate who he is, appreciate his talent, and surround him with QUALIFIED PEOPLE to make his last three years as best as they can be.

If they won't do it here and he wants to play? Let him do it somewhere else.

Yep - Ben has given up. Doesn't want to play for the Steelers anymore. No qualified people around him. Takes himself out of games. Haley won't let him throw and is getting him killed. AB washed up and running into goal posts. Bryant can't catch a cold. Wheatie can't run routes. DHB? Please. Without Bell, we can't run. Left tackle can't protect the franchise. What a waste.

I guess this is the week where Ben will demand a trade. Go to a real team that needs and appreciates a franchise QB. Jacoby Jones will tell you. This team doesn't appreciate talent. They could both end up going to a winner.

[feltdizz]

so when the game was still 'in reach', ben stayed in the game after the hit to the head but after the steelers offensive series ends, he self reports.

yes.. 10 characters