Ben Roethlisberger has a reputation for being frequently injured, and for missing time because of it. While that had been less true of late, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback suffered what was by far the most significant injury of his career in the second game of the 2019 season, which caused him to miss the rest of the year in its entirety.
More accurately—or at least we can assume—his injury was the result of an accumulated wear and tear on his throwing elbow over a period of years, perhaps reflected in the fact that he had been taking days off in practice during the week for years.