Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger Out for Season; Saints’ Drew Brees Likely Out 6 Weeks

Both Ben Roethlisberger & Drew Brees were hurt in losses on Sunday. Big Ben suffered an elbow injury in a loss to the Seahawks in Pittsburgh & Brees throwing hand was injured in a Saints’ loss to the Rams when Aaron Donald made contact with the New Orleans QB. The latest on Big Ben is that he is out for the season & will undergo surgery.

Ben Roethlisberger underwent an MRI on his right elbow that revealed he will need season-ending surgery this week. He will be placed on IR.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 16, 2019

Mike Tomlin & the Steelers will turn to backup Mason Rudolph in the meantime.

As for Brees, he is also determined that surgery is the next step.

The next step for Drew Brees is to decide who is doing the surgery and what procedure he’ll do. That could alter the time frame. But Teddy Bridgewater is the new starting QB for the #Saints. https://t.co/pciqVbBoN2

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 16, 2019

With a time table of 6-8 weeks before returning the Saints will have Teddy Bridgewater at the helm.

In Tuesday’s pod, I’ll have more on how I see these injuries affecting both teams.