Demons OUT!

The healing has apparently begun.

Roger Goodell has given Ben Roethlisberger permission to rejoin team activities next week.

Since Goodell found the need to wait until today to clear Ben, I'm just wondering...

• Was Ben too dangerous to return to team activities this week? Come on.
• Is there any doubt that Goodell is ordering these evaluations just to make it look like he's doing his due diligence? (seriously--unless the tests showed a MASSIVE brain injury, there was no way Rog could keep Ben from the team)
• Goodell has every intention of reducing Ben's suspension to 4 games, doesn't he?
• Where's the Players Union in all of this?
• Roger Goodell is a hypocrite. He hurriedly destroyed the Spygate tapes when Bill Belichick was accused of cheating yet he's been painstakingly deliberate with his decisions regarding Roethlisberger. What are Goodell's true standards for investigating something?

Ben's a creep, but suspending someone who hasn't been charged with a crime is risky business. The Steelers are the ones who should've suspended Ben, not Goodell. After all, the NFL teams don't constitute a single entity...

I think Ben's a creepy dude. I'm beginning to think Roger Goodell is, too. Nice recommendation, Danny boy.

Rooney Is As Rooney Does

A recent comment by U.S. Congressman Tom Rooney (R-FL) about Ben Roethlisberger has some Pittsburghers wondering: Why didn't Tom just take the highroad and keep his mouth shut like his Uncle Dan would've?

Silly yinzers. They're not as different as you think.

Do you remember when Dan was worried about Alan Faneca's health? Say what?

Or, how about the time he defended James Harrison after Harrison was accused of slapping the mother of his child?

After Superbowl 43, did you remember to immediately thank Obama, too? Huh?

Now, it sounds like Dan thinks Ben should be more like Charlie Batch. Better get behind on your taxes, then, Ben.

When it comes to popping off at the mouth, I think Tom emulates Dan Rooney pretty well, actually.