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Ben Roethlisberger Injury: Twitter Reacts as Big Ben is Carted to Locker Room

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger suffered a left knee injury in the third quarter of Sunday's Week 3 game against the St. Louis Rams. Steelers PR spokesman Burt Lauten indicated he would not return to the contest.

Roethlisberger tried to step up into a running lane as Rams safety Mark Barron came in low on a blitz, and the Steelers signal-caller immediately grabbed his leg upon hitting the turf.

SI.com's Chris Burke had the footage of Big Ben's injury:

Plenty of reaction surfaced on Twitter, which was to be expected given Roethlisberger's status as one of the NFL's premier quarterbacks.