Big Ben the next Kevin Stevens?

[Tico Rick]

1. I'm happy that Big Ben seems to be okay.

2. I'm surprised I haven't seen any "thinning the herd" posts about the accident.

3. I'm wondering: Even though it wasn't a game-related injury, does anyone think a serious injury like this will affect Ben's play like Kevin Steven's facial reconstruction affected Steven's play?

[PittsburghSportsFan]

No. Kevin Steven's injury occured while on the job. Ben's accident occured away from the playing field and he will be fine mentally in my opinion. Kid is tough. If it occured on the field (Carson Palmer), then I would be concerned with happy feet in the pocket.

If anything, his physical problems are what concern me. Knees and the concussion in particular.

[DelPen]

No. Kevin Steven's injury occured while on the job. Ben's accident occured away from the playing field and he will be fine mentally in my opinion. Kid is tough. If it occured on the field (Carson Palmer), then I would be concerned with happy feet in the pocket.

If anything, his physical problems are what concern me. Knees and the concussion in particular.

I agree. He might be a little aprhensive towards motorcycles but that's a good thing. With Stevens, there was always a chance he could do the same thing again and he could never play confident again.

With Ben, unless somoene punches him there's not a real good chance he could get his teeth, jaw and nose broken on the field.

[netwolf]

2. I'm surprised I haven't seen any "thinning the herd" posts about the accident.

That's because Jim made his comments in the Big Ben thread instead of making a new one. He didn't miss out.

[Pitts]

With Ben, unless somoene punches him there's not a real good chance he could get his teeth, jaw and nose broken on the field.

I suppose that would be because he HAS to wear a helmet!!!!

[Max Power]

Ben is 100 times the athelete that Stevens was. His Ego alone will defete this crash set back. Ben will come back perhaps even stronger, while Keven Stevens was never the same, ever again. Steven's face plant was a life altering event. It not only set him back career wise, but it also was what likely set him off on the path of distruction. KS began to make bad choices. Choices that made him a different person and player. Ben is on another spectrum entirely.

[bh]

Big Ben will be fine and the accident will hopefully make him give up the bike for a while but i doubt it. He is Superman you know.
I heard something about him driving without a lisense? is that true?

[pfim]

I don't see it happening, but let's keep Big Head out of East St. Louis, just in case.

[Daniel]

Big Ben will be fine and the accident will hopefully make him give up the bike for a while but i doubt it. He is Superman you know.
I heard something about him driving without a lisense? is that true?

The paper was saying that he had no motorcycle license, that his permit expired in March. This not only makes it illegal for him to drive a motorcycle, but illegal for him not to have a helmet as well. The article is in the Tribune and PG.

[Jim]

2. I'm surprised I haven't seen any "thinning the herd" posts about the accident.

That's because Jim made his comments in the Big Ben thread instead of making a new one. He didn't miss out.

I suppose it was a mild thinning the herd comment. A few people I said it to here at work were surprised by the gruffness of my comment.

[Daniel]

2. I'm surprised I haven't seen any "thinning the herd" posts about the accident.

That's because Jim made his comments in the Big Ben thread instead of making a new one. He didn't miss out.

I suppose it was a mild thinning the herd comment. A few people I said it to here at work were surprised by the gruffness of my comment.

Why change the thinning of the herd qualifier just because the person is a celebrity?