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11-26-2009, 10:24 PM
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View From The Press Box
Big Ben speaks
November 26th, 2009
Ben Roethlisberger talked to reporters today for the first time since getting knocked out of the Steelers' 27-24 loss to the Kansas Chiefs last Sunday.
Here is a transcript of what Roethlisberger, who expects to play Sunday in Baltimore, said.
Q: Has this been a typical week despite what you went through last Sunday?
A: “Yeah, it’s been a normal week. We’ve got a big game Sunday night.”
Q: Will you play Sunday?
A: “I’m planning on it.”
Q: What have doctors told you?
A: “I’ve taken a thousand tests and passed them all with flying colors.”
Q: Do you still have to take more tests?
A: “I hope not. I’ve taken so many. I don’t foresee that but every day we’re meeting and upgrading and checking with things so if they tell me they want to do another one I’ll just keep doing it.”
Q: Did you have a concussion?
A: “I’m not a medical guy so I don’t know. I can just tell the doctors what happened and what I felt. It’s their medical expertise to evaluate that.”
Q: Would you have gone back into the game had the offense gotten the ball back?
A: “I would have asked for it. Don’t know if I would have been allowed but I would have tried.”
Q: Is it frustrating dealing with a concussion?
A: “It’s part of the nature of the beast of playing this game. It’s a violent, physical contact sport and there’s a chance you’re going to get hit and dinged. You guys don’t talk about the bruises we have all over our body. If I showed you a bruise on my shoulder and a bruise on my shin, it wouldn’t get talked about as much. It’s a violent sport we play.”
Q: Aren’t violent and physical good descriptions of the rivalry with the Ravens?
A: “This has been a rivalry that’s been heated and well coached, well played since I’ve been here so it’s going to be no different on Sunday. ”
Q: Was the hit that knocked you out of the game a clean one?
A: “No question, it was not dirty at all.”
Q: Do you worry about the cumulative effects of all these hits?
A: “I’m not worried because we have the best doctors. If I can go out and pass thousands of these tests and show that I’m fine then I’m not worried about it.”
Q: Did you know something was wrong after you got hit?
A: “It just kind of felt like I got hit pretty hard and kind of said, 'Let me catch my breath real quick,' and by that time the trainers were out there so I didn’t get a chance to get up.”
Q: What are you thankful for?
A: “I’m thankful to be alive, to have friends and family and even thankful for you guys sometimes.”
View From The Press Box
Big Ben speaks
November 26th, 2009
Ben Roethlisberger talked to reporters today for the first time since getting knocked out of the Steelers' 27-24 loss to the Kansas Chiefs last Sunday.
Here is a transcript of what Roethlisberger, who expects to play Sunday in Baltimore, said.
Q: Has this been a typical week despite what you went through last Sunday?
A: “Yeah, it’s been a normal week. We’ve got a big game Sunday night.”
Q: Will you play Sunday?
A: “I’m planning on it.”
Q: What have doctors told you?
A: “I’ve taken a thousand tests and passed them all with flying colors.”
Q: Do you still have to take more tests?
A: “I hope not. I’ve taken so many. I don’t foresee that but every day we’re meeting and upgrading and checking with things so if they tell me they want to do another one I’ll just keep doing it.”
Q: Did you have a concussion?
A: “I’m not a medical guy so I don’t know. I can just tell the doctors what happened and what I felt. It’s their medical expertise to evaluate that.”
Q: Would you have gone back into the game had the offense gotten the ball back?
A: “I would have asked for it. Don’t know if I would have been allowed but I would have tried.”
Q: Is it frustrating dealing with a concussion?
A: “It’s part of the nature of the beast of playing this game. It’s a violent, physical contact sport and there’s a chance you’re going to get hit and dinged. You guys don’t talk about the bruises we have all over our body. If I showed you a bruise on my shoulder and a bruise on my shin, it wouldn’t get talked about as much. It’s a violent sport we play.”
Q: Aren’t violent and physical good descriptions of the rivalry with the Ravens?
A: “This has been a rivalry that’s been heated and well coached, well played since I’ve been here so it’s going to be no different on Sunday. ”
Q: Was the hit that knocked you out of the game a clean one?
A: “No question, it was not dirty at all.”
Q: Do you worry about the cumulative effects of all these hits?
A: “I’m not worried because we have the best doctors. If I can go out and pass thousands of these tests and show that I’m fine then I’m not worried about it.”
Q: Did you know something was wrong after you got hit?
A: “It just kind of felt like I got hit pretty hard and kind of said, 'Let me catch my breath real quick,' and by that time the trainers were out there so I didn’t get a chance to get up.”
Q: What are you thankful for?
A: “I’m thankful to be alive, to have friends and family and even thankful for you guys sometimes.”