Ever since it became known that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was going in for knee surgery, the Steelers have sounded optimistic.
Now, team president Art Rooney II said the best case for Roethlisberger’s return two to three weeks.
“I think that two to three is what you can characterize as best-case, but that’s what we’re hoping for,” Rooney said to NFL Network, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Two to six is probably a fair range that somebody can put on it.”
The Steelers have a bye after this week’s game against the Patriots, and returning for that Ravens game afterward has seeming been their hope. But then reports emerged yesterday suggesting the timeline was more likely four to six weeks.
The Steelers will start backup Landry Jones in his absence.