This much is clear in the opening minutes of the Ravens showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium: Ben Roethlisberger won't be doing a whole lot of running out of the pocket in this game.

The Steelers veteran quarterback has his right foot heavily taped. It's also encased in some sort of protective shoe. All week the rumor was that his foot was broken, even though the Steelers took great pains to deny that.

But whatever the extend of the injury, he's not moving well and is limping on and on

off the field. He also took a shot to the nose from Haloti Ngata when he was sacked. Could be a long night for Big Ben.