To play or not to play, that is the question.
And we don’t have any idea. We won’t have any clearer of a picture for Ben Roethlisberger’s Sunday status until Friday at the earliest and even then, a questionable tag could be slapped on him, making things uncertain into the weekend.
Those factors will generally come down to two factors, Roethlisberger told reporters today: pain tolerance and swelling in his surgically repaired knee.
Right now, the swelling is down, but the pain is still there.
“Oh yeah,” Roethlisberger responded when asked if there was still any pain in his left knee.