The Pittsburgh Steelers are in Denver today to take on Peyton Manning and the Broncos in the Divisional round, vying for the right to take on the Patriots in the AFC Championship game next week. In so doing, they will be playing without a full deck of cards—and some of the others bent.
One of those bent playing cards is quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who suffered an injured shoulder on a late third quarter sack last week. He sat out most of the fourth quarter before returning on the final drive, clearly physically impaired, to lead the game-winning drive.