Steelers Source

NFL Network has reported that the meeting between Ben Roethlisberger and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has concluded, with Goodell reducing his earlier suspension of Roethlisberger from 6 to 4 games for his compliance with the League’s guidelines given with the initial suspension.

In other news it appears that after testing today in Pittsburgh, Bryon Leftwich has suffered a second degree sprain to his medial collateral ligament.  This type of injury is serious and I would expect sideline Leftwich for a number of regular season games. It should be interesting to see if the reigns get handed to Dennis Dixon or if Charlie Batch will be called upon to lead the Steelers for the early part of this season.

MCL

That’s about all that’s left at this point. Video of Byron Leftwich going down last night against the Carolina Panthers with a possible MCL injury can be seen on NFL.com here.

He will be having an MRI today to confirm what type of injury he’s sustained, but judging by the reaction of players on the sidelines during last night’s game it doesn’t look good. With Leftwich out the Steelers will most likely be starting Dennis Dixon in this season’s opener against the Atlanta Falcons.

The Steelers released six players today to reach today’s NFL mandated pre-season limit of 75. Released were:

• LBs  – Andre Frazier and Brandon Renkart
• CB – David Pittman
• FB – Dwayne Wright
• OGs – Adrian Jones. and rookie Chris Scott placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.

I don’t see any surprises here, although some may see the release of Andre Frazier as one. Frazier has been on the roster for a number of years, including both Super Bowl teams. Clearly indiciative of how deep the Steelers are at linebacker. Stay tuned all of you who thing Keyaron Fox is going to make the team.

You have got to be kidding me. There is not much information out on this and the Steelers have yet to confirm the story, but rumors are the running back Rashard Mendenhall has broken his arm. If this is true, he will most likely miss significant time this year and with Beer Bong’s suspension, this makes a shaky offensive situation terrifying. I hope you are ready Issac Redman because we need you in a big way.

UPDATE – According to Steelers Digest and NFL Network this is a false alarm and there is no truth to this rumor.

Chirs Scott

More bad news today for the Steelers offensive line. Willie Colon is schedule for surgery on his Achilles injury tomorrow, so yesterday’s early reports were true and you can scratch Colon for the season. Also offensive tackle Chris Scott hurt his foot last week during a training session and will also be going in for surgery.

According to Steelers director of football operations Kevin Colbert. “Rookie offensive lineman Chris Scott suffered a foot injury while working out at the University of Tennessee last week. As stated earlier, Willie Colon suffered an Achilles injury while working out on Monday. Both were evaluated by Steelers’ medical personnel today and they are scheduled for surgery on Wednesday. We will have further information regarding both once we know the results of each of their surgeries.”

According to the National Football Post, Steelers offensive tackle (and one of my favorite targets) Willie Colon has injured is Achilles tendon during a workout session. If this report is true, Colon would most likely be finished for the year. Hopefully that makes my ideas about Flozell Adams and/or Logan Mankins more realistic…

In yesterday’s news, wide reciever Limas Sweed was placed on waivers as his injured Achilles tendon turned out to be a tear, rather than a rupture. The result is that Sweed will miss the 2010 season. Once Sweed cleared the waiver wire he was placed on the Steelers reserve/injury list.

In a related move adding some depth for training camp, the Steelers signed wide receiver Isaiah Williams. Williams had signed with the Baltimore Ravens last year as an undrafted rookie but was cut before the season began.