I got a weird feeling that Ben Roethlisberger has played his last game in the NFL. He suffered a pretty serious injury to his elbow in Sunday’s game and it’s gonna require him to have Tommy John Surgery to have it repaired. Several years ago, athletes who had this type of surgery (especially baseball players) could rarely come back from it. With today’s medicine, it’s possible to come back but it’s a lot of work in rehabilitation.
I feel like Big Ben is gonna retire this summer because his team is in shambles, they just lost a first round pick trading for a safety, Antonio Brown has been traded, they are 0-2, have a young 2nd year QB who looked good and Ben is getting old.
Guys like Tom Brady are amazing to do what they do at that age but, I doubt Ben is capable of doing it. He’s too slow, has very little weapons and frankly I don’t hunk he’s in great shape like Brady is,
He may make a comeback next year somehow but it might not be for the Steelers which would hurt since they would take around a 55M hit in cap space. The NFL game is rough, and coming back from injuries might be the toughest aspect of a professional players life.
Good Luck Ben.