Steelers lose in defensive struggle

By Justin Albers
basketballss132002@yahoo.com
INDIANAPOLIS- Like I said on a post yesterday, the next 2 games for the Steelers are absoultely critical to their season. Well guess what, the Steelers lost on Monday night, and already have a game to make up on both Baltimore and Cincinnatti. The loss makes next week's matchup with Cincinnatti as much of a "must win" game as you can have this early in the season. Another loss would mean a 2 game deficit in their own division, not to mention how tough the wild card race is going to be.
Since nobody responded to my question from yesterday, I will go ahead and give you my take on the Ben Roethlisberger issue. The question buzzing around the nation today is "Should Bill Cowher have played Big Ben last night?"
Personally I had mixed emotions about whether or not Roethlisberger should have played. My gut feeling told me that he shouldn't have, but then again you don't want him coming back against division rival Cincinnatti in week 3. The last 3 months have been a terrible time for Big Ben in which he almost lost his life in a motorcycle accident, had an emergency appidixextomy, and last night we heard he had a fever of 104. The 104 temperature thing is bogus in my mind because I don't know how somebody can stand up straight with a fever that high, more or less play in a football game. But whatever. My opinion on the whole situation was to sit him out this week and next going into a bye week after the Bengal game. That would give him 3 extra weeks to rest so that he doesn't risk anything. Knowing the personality of Ben Roethlisberger, I don't think there was anything that Bill Cowher could have done to keep him off that field in Jacksonville. Big Ben just loves to play the game, and that is something you have to admire. All we can hope is that he got the rust out this week so that he can come back and perform well in a huge game against the Bengals next week. The Steelers have to find a way to put some points up on the board.