Sanders not worried about his quarterback or the offensive line

By Dave Bryan

You can also count on Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless to try to make a mountain out of a molehill on ESPN First Take, and they did just that Friday morning when they asked Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders if he's worried about quarterback Ben Roethlisberger having minor surgery on his right knee this past week.

"I'm not concerned," said Sanders. "We all know that Ben's going to come back. Ben is a tough guy. He's probably one of the toughest quarterbacks in the National Football League. This surgery is minor. He's been practicing the entire OTA's. He's been doing really well. It's our second year in Todd Haley's offense, so we're gaining experience, we're starting to grow in it, but he just had a little slight discomfort."

Being as the loudmouth duo couldn't get Sanders to bite on that bait, they tried the Father Time angle with the Steelers fourth-year wide receiver as it relates to Roethlisberger's age and injury history, but Sanders wasn't going to buy that argument either.

"It's always a legitimate concern with anyone who's getting older, but at the same time we're talking about Ben Roethlisberger," said Sanders. "This guy is one of the toughest guys - you know it. He's played through injuries his entire career. Every time the media says he's not going to play; he comes, and he proves, and he wins ball games and that's what it's about. I expect him to be at training camp. I expect him to be the same-old Ben."

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