As tough as the Week Two loss to the Raiders was for fans, it was tougher still for QB Ben Roethlisberger, who was subjected to ten hits and two sacks. And he hit the ground hard on a few of those. In his weekly press conference today, Head Coach Mike Tomlin announced that Ben had a left pec injury and wasn’t sure when it happened.
We have seen pectoralis injuries that are season ending for many players, including Steelers defensive linemen Cam Heyward, who sustained this injury in November 2016 and came back better than ever the following year (and just keeps balling out), and Stephon Tuitt, who was having his best season ever in 2019 until his pectoralis injury required season-ending surgery and also returned to a huge season in 2020.