Sports betting online information told us that Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s injury is not serious.The star quarterback for the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers injured his Achilles tendon but fortunately the injury was not serious. Pittsburgh is still considered one of the sports betting favorites to win the Super Bowl this season.
Sports betting online has the Steelers favored in their regular season opener against the Tennessee Titans on Thursday, September 10th. Sports betting online had Roethlisberger suffering his injury after left tackle Max Starks accidently stepped on him in practice. “Luckily, it was a bruise. It’s coming along. It’s not 100 percent, but it’s coming along. I am up, walking. I am participating a little bit [in practices]. We’ll just continue to get better every day.” Roethlisberger said. The big quarterback did not play last week and the Pittsburgh offense did not look nearly as sharp in a loss to the Washington Redskins.
Pittsburgh hosts the Buffalo Bills in NFL betting preseason action on Saturday night and Roethlisberger and the starters are expected to play for about a half. Pittsburgh is a 5.5 point sports betting favorite in that game. Even though he was injured, Roethlisberger feels good and is nearly full strength as sports betting info shows. The Steelers are not going to hold him back. “He won’t be limited in any form or fashion.” Head coach Mike Tomlin said.
Sports betting online tells us that Roethlisberger has said that he wants the work this week. “This is a big preseason game for a lot of us, especially the offense,” he said. “We try to make it as close as we can [to a regular-season game]. We do the game-planning a little bit. We have scouting reports. We try and simulate it as best as we can. I think a lot of us will get a lot of playing time, a half or so.”
Sports betting online had the Steelers counting heavily on Big Ben this season. His backup is Charlie Batch so there is a huge drop in sports betting when Roethlisberger is not in the game as was the case last week.
The Steelers are the 6-1 second choice in sports betting online odds at the sportsbook to win the Super Bowl. The New England Patriots are the favorite in sports betting online numbers at 3.5 to 1.