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Ben Roethlisberger Also Has A Rare Rib Injury That Could Kill Him If He Tries To Play Too Soon
When Ben Roethlisberger left Monday night's game against the Chiefs after being sacked in the third quarter, the early diagnosis was that he injured his throwing shoulder. But based on what Roethlisberger told reporters today, doctors have since discovered he also has a dislocated rib injury that so...

Since Everybody Loves Fans Flipping The Bird, Here's A Steelers Fan Flipping The Bird Last Night
If there were any chance we'd miss such a thing as this, you all ensured we were covered. Thanks to the many, many of you who submitted your own versions of this angry Steelers fan, and keep the tips coming by emailing us....

Steelers Fans Are Inescapable And Terrible
I have been broadcasting to you live from Walt Disney World all weekend and, man, Steelers fans are everywhere. Even here, at the tiny little corner of a bar at my resort. This woman was so loud and so pro-Pittsburgh and only asked once what was the score. Immediately after I stopped recording her...

The Chiefs Celebrated A Touchdown That Was Not A Touchdown: Chiefs-Steelers, In Two GIFs
Pittsburgh 16, Kansas City 13: Mike Tirico could barely contain himself early on as the Chiefs took a 7-0 lead on the Steelers. Then Mike Wallace's thighs showed up....

Wow, The NFL Actually Fined A Player For Faking An Injury
Back in Week 7, Emmanuel Sanders had a fortuitously timed cramp. His "injury" saved the Steelers from having to use a timeout or take a delay-of-game penalty. It was fake, and we all knew it was fake, and Sanders knew we knew, but it's not like the league could do anything about it....


Paul Ryan Visited Lambeau Field Today, So Here's GIF Of Him Waving A Terrible Towel In Carnegie, PA
He wore a Packers jacket at Lambeau today, and his daughter wore a cheesehead with the Romney/Ryan logo on it. The Green Bay Press-Gazette:...
![Gronk Spiking Like A "Nutcracker Dude That's Guarding The House," Kissing The Jets Goodbye, And More: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [UPDATED]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/183ljcc5vyqjogif.gif)
Gronk Spiking Like A "Nutcracker Dude That's Guarding The House," Kissing The Jets Goodbye, And More: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [UPDATED]
We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here from Antonio Brown running in reverse to the Miami Dolphins kissing the Jets' season goodbye. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned. ...

The Steelers Faked An Injury To Stop The Clock
Midway through the fourth, with the Steelers up a score and on the edge of field goal range, Ben Roethlisberger was sacked. He was banged up, and slow getting back to the huddle, and the Steelers found themselves with a choice—burn a timeout, or take a delay of game penalty. WR Emmanuel Sanders to...

Ben Roethlisberger Criticizes Todd Haley's Offense, Public Gleefully Awaits Vesuvian-Level Meltdown
The Todd Haley and Ben Roethlisberger relationship did not get off to the best of starts. Haley was hired to replace Roethlisberger-favorite, Bruce Arians, and then proceeded to never talk to Big Ben. Six weeks into a 2-3 season and Roethlisberger is returning the fuck you. The Pittsburgh Tribune-R...

Hines Ward Likes To Pay For Sex With Women, According To Man Charged With Trying To Extort Hines Ward
A man who claimed to have evidence that retired Steelers receiver Hines Ward has a thing for soliciting prostitutes was arrested on extortion charges Thursday in Pittsburgh. The man, Joshua Van Auker, allegedly texted Ward's personal assistant on Wednesday with a threat to go public with whatever in...
![Reports: Pittsburgh Steelers NT Alameda Ta'amu Arrested On Charges of DUI, Aggravated Assault With A Vehicle And Resisting Arrest [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1824uw0mlw26kjpg.jpg)
Reports: Pittsburgh Steelers NT Alameda Ta'amu Arrested On Charges of DUI, Aggravated Assault With A Vehicle And Resisting Arrest [UPDATE]
According to reports, Steelers rookie nose tackle, Alameda Ta'amu, was arrested early this morning and charged with various counts that appear to stem from a potential accident, while driving under the influence, with both attended and unattended vehicles. Among the charges, Ta'amu is accused of fl...

Even If Icing The Kicker Doesn't Work, It's Better Than Never Icing The Kicker
Mike Tomlin iced the kicker twice last night, but with an unfortunate twist: First, he called a timeout on his own kicker, Shaun Suisham, who proceeded to miss a 54-yarder. Then he stopped the Titans' Rob Bironas just as he was about to attempt the game-winning 40-yarder. Bironas waited two minutes ...

Ben Roethlisberger Is Not Impressed
Tennessee upset Pittsburgh last night in a Thursday Night Football game full of exciting field goals and the sort of play that led most viewers to seek out more compelling sports TV on TBS or TNT. A last-second field goal by Rob Bironas—his fourth of the game—locked things up for the Titans, and a ...

Ben Roethlisberger Was Just Awarded A Touchdown, So You Might Want To Check Your Fantasy League
This play, in the second quarter of Pittsburgh's win over the Eagles on Sunday, was ruled on the field as a lateral from Ben Roethlisberger to Rashard Mendenhall, who scampered 13 yards for the score. So it went down in the books a rushing touchdown for Mendenhall, and that was that. Until yesterday...

James Harrison Didn't Sack Michael Vick Because He Was "Worried More About A Fine"
Since the NFL instituted its "more significant discipline" for shots to the head two years ago, James Harrison has been a remorseless re-offender. He's been fined six times under the new protocol, and he's seemingly bitched about it just as often. Hell, even after his destruction of Colt McCoy la...

The Colts Discount Double Checked And B.J. Raji-Shuffled All Over The Packers: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup
Here's where we're putting the GIFs of the week, from Donald Brown triumphantly trolling the Packers to Brandon Lloyd dancing around like no one's looking....

Hoax Website Fools Reporters Into Thinking Ben Roethlisberger Broke His Legs In A Car Accident
What you see above was the story that went screaming out on something called the Global Associated News early this morning. That the item appeared on a web page with a warning at the bottom that says "THIS STORY IS 100% FAKE" didn't stop people on Facebook and Twitter from believing it:...

The Steelers' Larry Foote Told The Replacement Refs "You Should Go Kill Yourselves"
You know the replacement referees are a debacle when a player gets injured on a dirty play that wasn't flagged, and no one notices because it wasn't even the worst uncalled dirty play of the quarter....
