The Greek hero Odysseus faced his share of challenges in getting home. He succeeded where others failed in sailing between the monster Scylla while still evading the whirlpool Charybdis. Every summer, and happily, often in late December, the Steelers find themselves trying to pick their poison: Fail to truly prepare for what’s ahead, or get hurt trying to prepare.
Over the course of just a few weeks we have had injury scares from the Steelers’ two biggest stars. Antonio Brown, depending on whom you ask, either did or didn’t limp off the field as practice ended, and Ben Roethlisberger certainly ended his practice early with what was thought to be a potential concussion — thankfully it wasn’t.