The Pittsburgh Steelers figure to be handicapped Sunday at the quarterback position against the Denver Broncos being as Ben Roethlisberger is currently battling a right shoulder injury. Even if Roethlisberger plays in the game, he might have problems throwing the football down the field. The Broncos, however, might be handicapped at the quarterback position as well as not only is Peyton Manning still not fully over the foot injury that sidelined him for several weeks this season, he’s yet to have the cold weather playoff monkey removed from his back.
You’ve probably heard the stat by now that’s been floating around, but just in case you haven’t, Manning is 0-5 in playoff games in which the kickoff temperature was 40 or below.