Ben Roethlisberger used the word "scary" when he saw several of the Steelers' team doctors hovering over him on the field, and he couldn't feel them sticking a pin in his numb arms two weeks ago against the Cleveland Browns.
Roethlisberger suffered more than what was diagnosed as a concussion.
The Post-Gazette has learned that Roethlisberger actually sustained a spinal cord concussion after he was sandwiched on a hit by two Browns defenders and appeared to hit the back of his head on the Heinz Field surface -- the same type of injury that caused former quarterback Tommy Maddox to temporarily lose movement in his arms and legs in a 2002 game in Tennessee.
Big Ben Had Spinal Cord Concussion In Browns Game