Landry Jones > Dalton

[Whatever]

(10-26-2015, 12:28 PM)Big Boss Wrote: If he's not 100%, they'd be stupid to play him.  I get that it's a divisional game, but if he can't move within the pocket effectively against the Bengals defensive line, you run the risk of aggravating the injury and having a setback.  Then what do you do?  

IF Big Ben sat next week, they still have four divisional games left to play.  Still plenty of time to make a run at the division.  Again, IF he is not 100%, why risk it?

Having said that, I expect him to play whether he's 100% or not.  It's going to take a doctor emphatically telling him "no" in order to keep him off the field next Sunday.  But then again, we all know how Big Ben responds to the word "no."

The Steelers have to play Ben, despite a bad plant leg and the fact they're missing their C and LT.  A loss puts them 3-1/2 games back, eliminates a chance at a head to head tiebreaker, and puts them 2 games back on the division record tiebreaker.  They would have to win out and hope the Bengals go 4-5 in their last 9 to win the division.  A loss puts them at 4-4, and they would need to go 6-2 down the stretch to even have a good chance at a Wild Card, and they would have at least 4 conference losses.