Steelers QB Charlie Batch To Have Surgery; Dennis Dixon To Play?
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch(notes) will undergo surgery on his wrist and will be sidelined up to six weeks, ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter reports.
Schefter also posted a tweet, stating that coach Mike Tomlin will not comment on his team’s quarterback situation until Tuesday’s press conference.
Steelers starter Ben Roethlisberger(notes) suffered an injury to the head that knocked him out of the Chiefs game Sunday. His status for the Week 12 game at Baltimore is up in the air, and if he can’t play, then Dennis Dixon(notes) will get the call. Dixon is in his second pro season and he’s only thrown one pass in the one game he’s played in.
When scrambling with 12:21 left in overtime, Roethlisberger dove head-first only to be inadvertently hit in the head by Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson’s knee. Batch finished the game, which was won 27-24 by the Chiefs.
Roethlisberger told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in the postgame locker room that he felt fine and that he isn’t sure he sustained a concussion.
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