The Pittsburgh Steelers have lost their franchise quarterback for the remainder of the 2019 regular season due to an undisclosed elbow injury. The injury will require surgery and will shelve Ben Roethlisberger on injured reserve for the first time in his career.
While the team gets acclimated with life without Roethlisberger, reports circulated shortly after the Seattle Seahawks game in Week 2 how the elbow injury had been bothering him for the past few weeks.
This would explain the reason the team gave Roethlisberger Wednesday off so early in the season, but what has recently been reported is this elbow injury isn’t just something Roethlisberger was dealing leading up to the season, but something which has bothered him for years.