Ben Roethlisberger suffered an apparent hand injury (1 Viewer)

[BustedKnuckles]

Ben Roethlisberger-QB- Steelers Aug. 14 - 6:17 pm et

Ben Roethlisberger suffered an apparent hand injury at practice Tuesday.

He was being examined by doctors after hitting his hand on a helmet during full-squad drills. The extent of Roethlisberger's injury is unknown

 

[BigSteelThrill]

He frequently bounces that hand off helmets.

He has to much follow thorugh in traffic, and needs to learn to protect himself a bit more to his and the teams benefit.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

By Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger injured his throwing hand toward the end of the Steelers' afternoon practice at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, but was pronounced fine after an examination by team doctors in the locker room.

 

[Angus82]

Ben Roethlisberger-QB- Steelers Aug. 14 - 6:17 pm et Ben Roethlisberger suffered an apparent hand injury at practice Tuesday.He was being examined by doctors after hitting his hand on a helmet during full-squad drills. The extent of Roethlisberger's injury is unknown

Wouldn't this be the definition of ironic. He misses time this year because he hit his hand on a helmet and he didn't perform well last year because he lacked a helmet. Not making fun of the injuries, just the irony.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

as BST mentioned, this isn't the first time this has happened. He needs to do something to prevent that from happening.

 

[The Hank]

Probably just bruised it. Non-news.

 

[3nOut]

Ben Roethlisberger-QB- Steelers Aug. 14 - 6:17 pm et Ben Roethlisberger suffered an apparent hand injury at practice Tuesday.He was being examined by doctors after hitting his hand on a helmet during full-squad drills. The extent of Roethlisberger's injury is unknown

Wouldn't this be the definition of ironic. He misses time this year because he hit his hand on a helmet and he didn't perform well last year because he lacked a helmet. Not making fun of the injuries, just the irony.

No, the irony is that BustedKnuckles started this thread.

 

[Angus82]

Probably just bruised it. Non-news.

How right you are.Ben Roethlisberger suffered a hand injury at practice Tuesday, but was pronounced "fine" after being examined by the Steelers' medical staff.Roethlisberger hit his hand on a helmet during full-squad drills. Big Ben is one of our favorite mid-to-late round quarterback picks this season.Aug. 14 - 6:17 pm et Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

[Angus82]

Ben Roethlisberger-QB- Steelers Aug. 14 - 6:17 pm et Ben Roethlisberger suffered an apparent hand injury at practice Tuesday.He was being examined by doctors after hitting his hand on a helmet during full-squad drills. The extent of Roethlisberger's injury is unknown

Wouldn't this be the definition of ironic. He misses time this year because he hit his hand on a helmet and he didn't perform well last year because he lacked a helmet. Not making fun of the injuries, just the irony.

No, the irony is that BustedKnuckles started this thread.

Awesome catch!! I didn't see that at all.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

as BST mentioned, this isn't the first time this has happened. He needs to do something to prevent that from happening.

A serious question - what is supposed to do about this? I've never heard of a QB altering his motion to avoid this. I can't imagine telling him to stop following through, or to stop stepping up in the pocket. Help me out here.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

He frequently bounces that hand off helmets. He has to much follow thorugh in traffic, and needs to learn to protect himself a bit more to his and the teams benefit.

So instead he should short arm the ball and lose accuracy and velocity?

 

[BigSteelThrill]

He frequently bounces that hand off helmets. He has to much follow thorugh in traffic, and needs to learn to protect himself a bit more to his and the teams benefit.

So instead he should short arm the ball and lose accuracy and velocity?

Yes. Its a poor trade off, but its better the cracking his hand on helmets every other week.Not playing or is playing with an injured hand is way worse then once every couple weeks making a different type of throw (or pull it down).

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

as BST mentioned, this isn't the first time this has happened. He needs to do something to prevent that from happening.

A serious question - what is supposed to do about this? I've never heard of a QB altering his motion to avoid this. I can't imagine telling him to stop following through, or to stop stepping up in the pocket. Help me out here.

I dunno -- that's probably why I'm not a QB coach. But this is at least the third time I remember this happening and I don't hear it about with other QBs. If there's nothing that can be done that will work without effing up his delivery then of course he shouldn't do it....but it's not crazy to consider options to prevent what seems to be an ongoing problem for him.

 

[-OZ-]

He frequently bounces that hand off helmets. He has to much follow thorugh in traffic, and needs to learn to protect himself a bit more to his and the teams benefit.

So instead he should short arm the ball and lose accuracy and velocity?

I (obviously) never played QB in the NFL or college, but it seems to me he could work on his footwork a little, drop back a bit more or sidestep the player in front of him. Could his peripheral vision be this poor? He may be experiencing tunnel vision, locking in on the receivers downfield and not really seeing his linemen. Could be worrisome if the OL isn't better than last year.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

He could go back to the protective glove thing he wore when his hand was jacked up a few years back. At one point, he said he may do it full-time because he got so comfortable with it.

Not sure how much "protection" it really offers, but as mentioned....this seems to happen a lot.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

He frequently bounces that hand off helmets. He has to much follow thorugh in traffic, and needs to learn to protect himself a bit more to his and the teams benefit.

So instead he should short arm the ball and lose accuracy and velocity?

I (obviously) never played QB in the NFL or college, but it seems to me he could work on his footwork a little, drop back a bit more or sidestep the player in front of him. Could his peripheral vision be this poor? He may be experiencing tunnel vision, locking in on the receivers downfield and not really seeing his linemen. Could be worrisome if the OL isn't better than last year.

I thought the QB hanging in the pocket and stepping up to make a tough throw was a good thing. No matter how good your footwork is, there are going to be times that you have pressure. And I don't think you want the QB looking at his linemen. I think that it's just bad luck, or he has a hand that is somehow susceptible to this kind of thing. Or maybe he's a wuss.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

He frequently bounces that hand off helmets. He has to much follow thorugh in traffic, and needs to learn to protect himself a bit more to his and the teams benefit.

So instead he should short arm the ball and lose accuracy and velocity?

Yes. Its a poor trade off, but its better the cracking his hand on helmets every other week.Not playing or is playing with an injured hand is way worse then once every couple weeks making a different type of throw (or pull it down).

So he cracks his hand on helmets every other week, but he'd only have to alter his throws every 2 weeks? How does he crack his hand more often than he'd have to alter throws? I'm about 99% sure that you're incorrect here. No coach wants their QB to short arm the ball risking an INT or stopping a drive to avoid the rare occurence that you might not only hit your hand on a helmet, but actually injure it in the process.Anyone with some QB coaching experience?

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Or maybe he's a wuss.

I like the dude, but I haven't ruled this out yet. He does seem to have a lot of "little scares".

 

[NorrisB]

Id say the Steelers have the worst FotF, Worthlessberger gets hurt over everything and is CONSTANTLY making excuses for his poor play. All last year we had to hear about the toe's, the knee, the apendix, the 104 fever or the thumb for the thousandith time. Ben always has some hang nail, WHAT A WIMP! I wonder what its going to be this year, I did see him looking at his hand last game, maybe he broke a nail, Or maybe that is just the look of a QB that is getting slammed into over and over all game.. I think the real cause of his "ailments" is he has a severe case of Quarterbacksuckitus.

 

[NorrisB]

He frequently bounces that hand off helmets. He has to much follow thorugh in traffic, and needs to learn to protect himself a bit more to his and the teams benefit.

So instead he should short arm the ball and lose accuracy and velocity?

I (obviously) never played QB in the NFL or college, but it seems to me he could work on his footwork a little, drop back a bit more or sidestep the player in front of him. Could his peripheral vision be this poor? He may be experiencing tunnel vision, locking in on the receivers downfield and not really seeing his linemen. Could be worrisome if the OL isn't better than last year.

Or maybe he's a wuss.

Someone beat me to it.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

He frequently bounces that hand off helmets. He has to much follow thorugh in traffic, and needs to learn to protect himself a bit more to his and the teams benefit.

So instead he should short arm the ball and lose accuracy and velocity?

Yes. Its a poor trade off, but its better the cracking his hand on helmets every other week.Not playing or is playing with an injured hand is way worse then once every couple weeks making a different type of throw (or pull it down).

So he cracks his hand on helmets every other week, but he'd only have to alter his throws every 2 weeks? How does he crack his hand more often than he'd have to alter throws? I'm about 99% sure that you're incorrect here. No coach wants their QB to short arm the ball risking an INT or stopping a drive to avoid the rare occurence that you might not only hit your hand on a helmet, but actually injure it in the process.Anyone with some QB coaching experience?

I do. Which is why I said he has "too much follow through". Its a bit overdone.He certainly enjoys and thrives off of contact more then most any other QB we've seen. And he is willing to stand in there and take the contact and deliver when other QBs wouldnt or couldnt. Combining the two and you get an unordinary amount of helmet slaps in his post passing motion.The problem arises when he has the pocket collapse around him and still throws with an elongated follow through.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Id say the Steelers have the worst FotF, Worthlessberger gets hurt over everything and is CONSTANTLY making excuses for his poor play. All last year we had to hear about the toe's, the knee, the apendix, the 104 fever or the thumb for the thousandith time. Ben always has some hang nail, WHAT A WIMP! I wonder what its going to be this year, I did see him looking at his hand last game, maybe he broke a nail, Or maybe that is just the look of a QB that is getting slammed into over and over all game.. I think the real cause of his "ailments" is he has a severe case of Quarterbacksuckitus.

Go away, troll.

 

[SteelerMurf]

it's totally a reporter making a story out of nothing.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

He frequently bounces that hand off helmets. He has to much follow thorugh in traffic, and needs to learn to protect himself a bit more to his and the teams benefit.

So instead he should short arm the ball and lose accuracy and velocity?

Yes. Its a poor trade off, but its better the cracking his hand on helmets every other week.Not playing or is playing with an injured hand is way worse then once every couple weeks making a different type of throw (or pull it down).

So he cracks his hand on helmets every other week, but he'd only have to alter his throws every 2 weeks? How does he crack his hand more often than he'd have to alter throws? I'm about 99% sure that you're incorrect here. No coach wants their QB to short arm the ball risking an INT or stopping a drive to avoid the rare occurence that you might not only hit your hand on a helmet, but actually injure it in the process.Anyone with some QB coaching experience?

I do. Which is why I said he has "too much follow through". Its a bit overdone.He certainly enjoys and thrives off of contact more then most any other QB we've seen. And he is willing to stand in their and take the contact and deliver when other QBs wouldnt or couldnt. Combining the two and you get an unordinary amount of helmet slaps in his post passing motion.The problem arises when he has the pocket collapse around him and still throws with an elongated follow through.

I sure hope that you don't teach English wherever you "coach."

 

[Joe Bryant]

Id say the Steelers have the worst FotF, Worthlessberger gets hurt over everything and is CONSTANTLY making excuses for his poor play. All last year we had to hear about the toe's, the knee, the apendix, the 104 fever or the thumb for the thousandith time. Ben always has some hang nail, WHAT A WIMP! I wonder what its going to be this year, I did see him looking at his hand last game, maybe he broke a nail, Or maybe that is just the look of a QB that is getting slammed into over and over all game.. I think the real cause of his "ailments" is he has a severe case of Quarterbacksuckitus.

Turn it WAY down if you want to keep posting here. TIA.J

 

[BigSteelThrill]

He frequently bounces that hand off helmets. He has to much follow thorugh in traffic, and needs to learn to protect himself a bit more to his and the teams benefit.

So instead he should short arm the ball and lose accuracy and velocity?

Yes. Its a poor trade off, but its better the cracking his hand on helmets every other week.Not playing or is playing with an injured hand is way worse then once every couple weeks making a different type of throw (or pull it down).

So he cracks his hand on helmets every other week, but he'd only have to alter his throws every 2 weeks? How does he crack his hand more often than he'd have to alter throws? I'm about 99% sure that you're incorrect here. No coach wants their QB to short arm the ball risking an INT or stopping a drive to avoid the rare occurence that you might not only hit your hand on a helmet, but actually injure it in the process.Anyone with some QB coaching experience?

I do. Which is why I said he has "too much follow through". Its a bit overdone.He certainly enjoys and thrives off of contact more then most any other QB we've seen. And he is willing to stand in there and take the contact and deliver when other QBs wouldnt or couldnt. Combining the two and you get an unordinary amount of helmet slaps in his post passing motion.The problem arises when he has the pocket collapse around him and still throws with an elongated follow through.

I sure hope that you don't teach English wherever you "coach."

I am not here for english.I type they way I talk. I also try and type fast.I dont care about typos at footballguys.I am not a school room teacher.Furthermore I find you to be rude.