Ben Roethlisberger rolls ankle in practice today

The Steelers got a scare Thursday when quarterback Ben Roethlisberger accidentally stepped on a foot, causing him to miss part of their final full-scale practice for this weekend’s Bengals game.

“I stepped on someone’s foot and rolled my ankle a little,” said Roethlisberger, who was limping slightly in the locker room and had ice on his right ankle after practice. Byron Leftwich finished up with the starters.

Teammates were uncertain who Roethlisberger stepped on, with tackle Mike Adams saying it might have been an[..]istant coach.

The injury is not believed to be serious and should not affect Roethlisberger’s status as the Steelers (2-3) try to end their three-game road losing streak Sunday night. He broke the same foot two years ago.

Offensive coordinator Todd Haley talked to reporters after practice and deferred all injury questions to coach Mike Tomlin, who did not give interviews.

Roethlisberger is off to the best start of his career with a 64.6 percent completion rate, a 99.9 quarterback rating, 10 touchdown passes and two interceptions.

Center Maurkice Pouncey, who could barely walk Monday due to a sprained MCL, said he was on the field for a couple of plays and is optimistic about playing Sunday. He did not practice Monday or Wednesday.

Running backs Rashard Mendenhall (left Achilles) and Isaac Redman (right ankle) did not practice, lessening their chances of playing against the Bengals (3-3). Linebacker Lawrence Timmons (foot) returned to practice after being out Wednesday.

Ben Ro is done. No more rings with him at the helm in Pitt.

!!ing rapist.

!!ing !!

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Don't be mad at me, your dyn@sty is crumbling.

Troy gone, Ben Ro breaking, the whole defense is aging.

When you think y'all gonna get a new QB?

But he'll never be better [pic]

Ben Ro is done. No more rings with him at the helm in Pitt.

!!ing rapist.

But he'll never be better [pic]

Oh, you're one of those guys.

Dismissed.

in the words of Skip Bayless "Peyton Manning is the greatest regular season Quarterback ever"

Only managed 1 ring with all them great regular seasons and great offensive line and couldnt even do anything that 1 year when Indy had a Top 5 defense [pic]

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