[MarineBrat]

Update at http://news.yahoo.com/s/wtae/20060612/lo_wtae/9356067

According to a police source, Roethlisberger suffered a broken jaw, broke his left sinus cavity, suffered a 9-inch laceration to the back of his head, lost many teeth and has severe injuries to his knees from hitting the pavement.

A plastic surgeon has been called in, the source said.

[hawkaw]

Severe injuries to the knees is not a good thing for a man of his size. Yikes.

[NonValueAdded]

The plastics guy can wait, send in an orthopod!

[agrace]

I guess it's better than death, but severe injuries to his knees doesn't at all bode well for his football career. Now that we know he won't die, I admit I'm getting a bit p.o'ed at him.

[Cyclopean Squid]

According to a police source, Roethlisberger suffered a broken jaw, broke his left sinus cavity, suffered a 9-inch laceration to the back of his head, lost many teeth and has severe injuries to his knees from hitting the pavement.

His career has been put in serious jeopardy due to the double knee injuries, and is at least on hold for a long painful rehab. This is a shame--I'm no Steelers fan but as a fan of the sport I recognize that Ben was one of the QBs of the future. Here's hoping he pulls thru and is able lead a full life, and also be able to play football again soon.

[MarineBrat]

...lost many teeth

Well, if he does come back go play, maybe he'll be a new breed of quarterback. One who looks like Jack Lambert and scares the opposing players just because of the way he looks. :) 'Cause he sure ain'g gonna be a pretty face the next time we see him.

The new face of NFL quarterbacks?

I wish you luck Ben! I got knocked off of my motorcycle on the Ventura Freeway at 70mph several years ago, and am thankful that I had a full face helmet on. After I came to a stop I could no longer see through the visor because it was so scraped up, and it had a big ding on the back of the thing.... but all that happened to me was that I got scraped up knees. Oddly, it took about 36 hours before it started to really hurt. My ribcage felt like I had gone a few rounds with Mike Tyson. But my face was still just as pretty as it's always been! :)

[beyond the sea]

My Lord!

[beyond the sea]

Again...... that is very bad news.

[Kaisersrsic]

As a Steelers fan, I wonder if it would be out of line for me to speculate on whether Campbell's will use his six weeks of drinking Chunky Soup through a straw in their commercials next year? Maybe I will hold off.

[rawhide]

The extent of his injuries was not known, although the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that police said Roethlisberger lost most of his teeth, fractured his left sinus cavity bone, suffered a 9-inch laceration to the back of his head and a broken jaw, and severely injured both of his knees.