Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be suspended for four to six games on Wednesday for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy, according to multiple sources.

When the suspension is announced, it will contain conditions that will allow it to be reduced based on Roethlisberger's behavior and compliance with clinical evaluators.

Commissioner Roger Goodell's verdict will reinforce a message that NFL employees will be held to a higher standard than the law.

Steelers employees were bracing Tuesday night for what they suspected would be an eight-game suspension, but two sources said it would not be eight games.

On Tuesday, the Steelers traded a seventh-round pick in this week's NFL draft to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for quarterback Byron Leftwich, adding depth to the position in anticipation of a possible Roethlisberger suspension.

Leftwich backed up Roethlisberger in 2008, when the Steelers won the Super Bowl. He knows offensive coordinator Bruce Arians' system and could be ready to play Sept. 12 when the Steelers open against the Atlanta Falcons.

The Steelers play three teams that didn't make the playoffs this past season -- the Falcons, Bucs and Tennessee Titans -- plus the division rival Baltimore Ravens in their first four games, a period that could span any Roethlisberger suspension.

Pittsburgh hosts the Cleveland Browns in its fifth game and travels to Miami to face the Dolphins in its sixth game. The Steelers have a bye in Week 5.

Pittsburgh already has third-year quarterback Dennis Dixon and longtime backup Charlie Batch under contract. Batch has been injured each of the past two seasons. Dixon has started only one NFL game but likely would compete with Leftwich in training camp to be the early-season starter if Roethlisberger is suspended.

Leftwich, 30, played in five games for Pittsburgh in 2008, throwing for 303 yards and two touchdowns. He was 7-of-10 for 129 yards and a touchdown while replacing the injured Roethlisberger against the Washington Redskins on Nov. 3, 2008.

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good.....it is about time the NFL did something with that douche bag

6 games....damn. bye bye steelers. gave up on the 2010 season before it even started

Originally posted by: SpaceCowboy

wait. what is he being Banned for? Wearing that shirt?

sexual misconduct, most likely

violation of the personal conduct policy.






I am actually kind of interested in seeing Dennis Dixon play

Originally posted by: Joe Boccuto

I am actually kind of interested in seeing Dennis Dixon play

do you think he will even play? they just signed leftwich back to the team and they have batch

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Originally posted by: ..::localeye::..

Originally posted by: Joe Boccuto

I am actually kind of interested in seeing Dennis Dixon play

do you think he will even play? they just signed leftwich back to the team and they have batch

batch will get hurt in the preseason or first two regular games, so yeah id imagine he has a chance

Originally posted by: ..::localeye::..

Originally posted by: Joe Boccuto

I am actually kind of interested in seeing Dennis Dixon play

do you think he will even play? they just signed leftwich back to the team and they have batch

Tomlin LOVES Dixon, and has made it known within the higherups at the organization that he would personally rather start Dixon than Ben anyway if he had his way. Whether this is a racial thing or a potential thing is not clear. Tomlin does seem like a hate whitey kind of guy, so it's not unreasonable. Leftwhich is proven to be mediocre on his best day, and Batch is old, coming off injury, and basically a sentimentality member of the team. He's a hometown hero and if there is an NFL team that does care about it's community and perception, it's the Steelers (hence why Holmes is gone, they let Plax walk, and are fielding offers for Ben/not fighting suspension, etc).

Dixon had tons of upside before his injury and he fits the new trend of a mobile QB, I think Tomlin is just looking for an excuse to play him. And with the season already basically shot, why not?

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I think Al Davis will trade for Rottenburger

I cant believe they are considering trading him. Sucks for Pitt.

to raiders?