Pittsburgh Steelers fans have seen the last of Ben Roethlisberger for a while. The question of how long — six games, four games, or three — will be answered by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, perhaps as soon as today. The spotlight now is on Roethlisberger's replacement. While coach Mike Tomlin was expected to name seventh-year veteran Byron Leftwich as the stand-in during Roethlisberger's suspension, that plan likely will have to be scrapped.

Pro Football Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw, who led the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl titles, says he hopes commissioner Roger Goodell does NOT reduce Ben Roethlisberger's six-game suspension. "Going to bars — treating women like that; oh my God," Bradshaw told the Shreveport Times. "I pray they don't cut (his suspension) to four games. I hope they leave it at six. There is no excuse for that. The egos get out of hand."

All of a sudden, losing Ben Roethlisberger for at least a month isn't the Steelers' only quarterback worry. Byron Leftwich, expected to be the fill-in starter, is injured and looks to be out indefinitely. Leftwich, tuning up for his anticipated Sept. 12 start against Atlanta, sprained his left knee in the second quarter as Pittsburgh beat the starter-less Carolina Panthers 19-3 on Thursday…

Steelers quarterback Byron Leftwich, expected to start during Ben Roethlisberger's suspension, has injured his left knee during the first half of an exhibition game against Carolina. Leftwich completed an 18-yard pass to rookie Emmanuel Sanders before being knocked off his feet as running back Mewelde Moore attempted to block safety Marcus Hudson.

Ben Roethlisberger's first big gain of the season may occur weeks before he returns to the field. His six-game suspension for violating the league's personal conduct policy likely will be shortened to four games by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after the two meet in New York on Friday. The meeting will take place about 12 hours after the quarterback played two series in the Steelers'…

As far as former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradhshaw is concerned, Ben Roethlisberger's request…

Multiple sources are reporting today that Ben Roethlisberger wants his ban reduced. Big Ben’s reps plan to approach Roger Goodell Thursday and ask for a reduction of his sentence by more than the minimum two games (it was set for six, with the possibility of four). 

But despite Big Ben’s alleged good behavior, there are many who feel Ben still deserves at least four games. I’d take it a step further, and say Roethlisberger deserves the full penalty.

Here are 10 reasons why Big Ben still deserves the full six-game suspension. 

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Every day, when I log onto the site, I check out all the newest Steelers articles, comment when I can, and reply to any comments people have left me.

Then, on the Steelers page, I check the right hand side of the page, for the Steelers “Around The Web.” There are some really great articles there. You should read some of them (after this one, of course!).

I read an interesting article from AOL’s Fanhouse concerning the retirement of numbers of the legends of the Steelers.

In the article, it is asked, why players that are on the Steelers today are allowed to wear the numbers of some of the Steelers legends, such as Mel Blount, Joe Green, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, and others.

Since there is no clarity in the article about the reason why, allow me to answer that question for everyone.

First off, the Steelers have never retired a number. There are certain numbers that no player has worn since the player retired.

Terry Bradshaw and his No. 12 are one of them. Bradshaw became the first quarterback in the NFL to win four Super Bowls. Since that time, no one has worn his number.

There are others as well, Jack Lambert, Franco Harris, and Mike Webster.

The question is posed then, how can the Steelers issue numbers such as 82 and 88 to Antwaan Randle El and rookie Emmanuel Sanders?

The reason is because until 2004, wide receivers and tight ends in the NFL were only permitted to wear numbers between 80 and 89.

It was an eligibility issue, so that the officials would be able to tell who was an eligible receiver, and who was not.

Since it would have been impossible for a team to eliminate numbers between 80-89, and still be able to dress the full compliment of the players at those positions, those numbers could not be retired.

Once the NFL added the 10-19 for receivers, the point was dead, because so many players had already worn those numbers so many times between the days of Swann and Stallworth, there was no point to retiring them.

As for Mean Joe Green, many believe that his number should also not be given out, the offensive line (50-79) shares the same number situation with the defensive linemen (50-79, 90-99). 

There are only so many numbers to go around, and if we were to retire the numbers of the Steel Curtain, there would not be enough to field a team.

The other issue is, if you look at all of the amazing Steelers of the past, if you were to start to retire numbers, how many would you have to retire?

The Steelers currently have 20 players in the Hall of Fame. That is not counting Chuck Noll or Art and Dan Rooney. That would be 20 numbers that would be out of the circulation.

That is not counting the players that are currently on the team that have a legit shot at one day being in the Hall.

Ben Roethlisberger (only one QB with two Super Bowl Championships is not in, and Ben could end with more than two), Jerome Bettis, Hines Ward, and Troy Polamalu.

That is not to mention players that will one day be greats, that may not even be in football yet.

The fact is, if you start retiring numbers, then there is no way you can stop.

You can not cut off and say, well Bradshaw deserves to have his number retired, and Ben Roethlisberger doesn’t.

You can not say that Mel Blount should, and Troy Polamalu shouldn’t. How can you retire Franco Harris, and not Jerome Bettis?

It is a Pandora’s box, that is just not worth opening.

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