Weeks ago when Charlie Batch went down with a collar bone injury, Byron Leftwich and Daunte Culpepper were brought in for a tryout. The Steelers signed Leftwich forcing Culpepper into retirement, hilarious circumstances for the time being until Monday night’s game against the Redskins.
Baby Roethlisberger, as he is commonly called around my parts in an affectionate and no homosexual manner, injured his shoulder scoring the go ahead touchdown late in the second quarter.
Leftwich replaced him in the second half and calmly put his throat on all of Washington, D.C. well technically Landover, Maryland. In many ways Leftwich surpassed Ben on that evening. Long story short, the Steelers had managed to sign a backup more than capable of winning an important road game.
What if they had signed Culpepper? Would he have been able to throw 90 MPH comeback routes and 60 yard fly routes in a semi hostile environment? Would he be ready to start the next game against Indianapolis? Thankfully, we’ll never know because it appears the Steelers front office made the correct choice months ago.
Devil’s Advocate time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGXvj2BjZLA&feature=related
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