Mile High Poses Serious Risk for Steelers' Ryan Clark

by JJ CooperFiled under: Steelers, AFC NorthThe last time Ryan Clark played football in Denver, it nearly killed him. Clark's sickle-cell disease meant that his blood attacked his gall bladder and spleen forcing Clark to have both removed and sidelining him for the remainder of the 2007 season. He lost more than 30 pounds and needed months to recover.So now he has to decide if he's willing to risk playing in the thin air of Denver two weeks from now. It's a big game for the Steelers, but Clark, understandably, is only going to play if doctors can give him a clean bill of health. Right now, it's hard to say which way Clark is going to decide. He's run as many tests as can be run. Doctors have poked and prodded him. But it appears that no one can tell him for sure that Clark won't have another bad reaction to the altitude.Mile High Poses Serious Risk for Steelers' Ryan Clark originally appeared on Fanhouse NFL Blog on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:47:00 EST . Please...