On episode 10 of his Footbahlin’ podcast, former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger detailed the most painful injuries he ever had to play through in his career. He said that a broken nose suffered against the Baltimore Ravens on a hit by defensive lineman Haloti Ngata was one of the worst.
“Haloti Ngata’s hand came right through here and busted my nose. I remember it was like second down and he busted my nose, I had blood coming down, it hurts but it’s not excruciating. But I’m like, gosh it kind of hurts,” Roethlisberger said. “I come off the field and I was like ‘doc, is my nose broke?