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Roethlisberger likely to play Sunday despite shoulder injury

Pittsburgh Steelers
09/10/2008 8:33 AM
The Post-Gazette reports add QB Ben Roethlisberger to the mounting list of NFL quarterbacks who were injured in opening games over the weekend. The good news for Roethlisberger is that the Steelers expect him to play Sunday night in Cleveland. Still, he has a sore shoulder, which happened when he hit the turf on a sack by Houston's DE Mario Williams Sunday at Heinz Field. That shoulder will limit how much Roethlisberger practices today. He had a big opening game with 13 of 14 pass completions and two touchdown passes to Hines Ward in the Steelers' 38-17 victory. Roethlisberger had tests on his shoulder and injured right knee Monday. He said after the game that his knee was hyperextended when Houston DT Amobi Okoye rolled into him near the end of the first half. Read more