Pittsburgh Steelers Ben Roethlisberger

Less than a week after achieving a perfect passer rating in the Pittsburgh Steelers opening game victory over the Tennessee Titans 34-7 on Sunday, second-year quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been downgraded to questionable for this week's game against the Houston Texans.Roethlisberger has been hobbled by a sore left knee, and was held out of practice on Wednesday, and was very limited in his work on Thursday. If he is unable to start on Sunday, his backup Tommy Maddox will get the call. Maddox began the 2004 6 Super Bowl Champions jersey
season as the top guy and led Pittsburgh to a 2-1 record, before having elbow problems and losing his job to Roethlisberger, the eventual NFL Rookie of the Year. Maddox came into the Titans game in the fourth quarter, but did not attempt a pass. Ben Roethlisberger completed 9-of-11 of his passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns last week. As the Steelers put that game out of reach, they didn't attempt a pass in the final quarter, running it 22 straight times.The Pittsburgh Steelers are already without their top two running backs, Jerome Bettis and Duce Staley. Second-year man Willie Parker will once again get the starting nod while Bettis and Staley recover from their injuries.