Superman was sighted in the Steel City this week. He wasn’t wearing a red cape, but instead a No. 7 jersey with the name “Roethlisberger” emblazoned on the back.

If you’re like me, as soon as you saw the injury you thought, “Broken ankle, Charlie Batch time, that’s the season for the Steelers.” Big Ben was thinking the same thing. And he admitted it was one of the most painful things he’s ever felt.

Coach Tomlin said his quarterback has a high ankle sprain. If you aren’t familiar with sports injuries that grade of sprain usually takes 2-4 weeks for a normal human being to recover from. It took Big Ben two series.

It was an inspiring effort. They kept comparing him to Willis Reed…give me a break. Reed scored four points on his miraculous night. Big Ben threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns while 300-pound beasts were trying to further injure him.

That ankle is going to swell up to the size of a grapefruit over the next three days. It’s a good thing Pitt has 10 days off before the big showdown in San Fran.

The concern there will be not if Ben is going to play, but whether he can step into his throws. Because we all know if Rashard Mendenhall can’t get into the end zone on four straight runs from inside the 2-yard line against the Browns, he’ll be lucky to gain 25 total yards against the Niners.

I’ve sent out three NFL Week 14 plays thus far via Twitter. They were: Bills/Chargers O46.5, Saints/Titans U48.5 and Broncos -3 (-120). One total has moved in my favor, one has not.

That’s all the official bets I’ve got right now but there will be more. I’m leaning toward Bengals, Dolphins, Chiefs and Bills. Also monitoring three team totals. I will post plays either here or on my Twitter account leading up to the games.

Here’s a radio interview I did with former MLB player Eric Byrnes. We break down a lot of the Week 14 matchups, have your pen and paper ready, if you trust my knowledge. And thanks for listening, if you do.

You can also follow me on Twitter because I post all of my ordinary bets there. Good luck this week.

NFL Record: 40-25-2, +12.58 units

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