By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
This time, Ben Roethlisberger walked off the field and missed only two plays after he was hit low and late by Seattle defensive end Raheem Brock.
What if he does not get up the next time? If that happens -- and the odds seem to rise with every change in their offensive line -- the Steelers could look a lot like the team they play Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts.
The Colts went from Super Bowl contenders to losing at home to the Cleveland Browns without Peyton Manning. With Manning in the lineup, the Colts would be favored against the Steelers and not double-digit underdogs.
The Steelers would like to think they have more going for them without Roethlisberger than the Colts without Manning, such as a defense, and they did show some of that last season when they began 3-1 without their starting quarterback. However, what if that were Charlie Batch, 36, taking the pounding instead of the bigger, stronger and younger Roethlisberger?
The Steelers bounced back Sunday to beat the Seattle Seahawks, 24-0, but there is little evidence their offensive line provided the impetus. Roethlisberger completed 22 of 30 passes for 298 yards and no interceptions, but he was sacked twice and forced to run out of the pocket on five other occasions.
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- he was sacked twice and forced to run out of the pocket on five other occasions.
I don't know about anyone else, but I consider that a good performance by our O-line.
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