PFT: Ben Roethlisberger Mulling Retirement

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Ben Roethlisberger Mulling Retirement
January 24th, 2017 at 10:55am CST by Connor Byrne

There is a chance that Pittsburgh’s 36-17 loss to New England in Sunday’s AFC title game will go down as the final contest of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger‘s career. In an interview with 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger was unwilling to commit to returning in 2017 for what would be his age-35 season.

“I’m going to take this offseason to evaluate, to consider all options,” he said (via CBS Pittsburgh). “To consider health, and family and things like that and just kind of take some time away to evaluate next season, if there’s going to be a next season.”

If there isn’t a next season for Roethlisberger, it would heavily affect the Steelers and the rest of the NFL, of course. Pittsburgh has regularly been a league superpower since it drafted Roethlisberger 11th overall in 2004, having finished with no fewer than eight wins during any of his 13 seasons and gone to the playoffs nine times. Two of those postseason trips have culminated in Super Bowl victories, the latest of which came at the conclusion of the 2009 campaign.

Roethlisberger has missed a combined six games because of injuries over the past two seasons, but his production has remained strong. He’s now fresh off his fifth Pro Bowl season, in which he completed 64.4 percent of his 509 passing attempts, amassed 3,819 yards on 7.5 YPA, and tossed 29 touchdowns against 13 interceptions.

In the two games Roethlisberger sat out in 2016, the Steelers turned to backup Landry Jones, who has been a mixed bag in 15 career appearances and also isn’t guaranteed to return to the club next season. Unlike Roethlisberger, Jones is set to become a free agent. Roethlisberger has three years remaining on the contract extension he signed in 2015. He’d owe the Steelers $18.6MM if he were to walk away, according to Jason Fitzgerald of Over the Cap (Twitter link), which makes an early exit seem unlikely.

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If this happens, possible landing spot for Romo?
 

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Pretty crazy that he is 35. Really doesn't seem all that long ago he was one of the young QBs. Hopefully our time with Dak doesn't fly by so quickly.
 

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No question. He has a little Fav-Ruh type drama to him.

OMG his leg has fallen off! Plays next game.

It is part of his schtick. He is just adding retirement to the dramatic mix
 

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When I saw him as the title of a thread, I thought he raped someone again. Was worried about Tomlin. :unsure
 
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It would be hilarious if Bell left in FA and this dipshit retired. Some people I know would weep if that happened.
 

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It would be hilarious if Bell left in FA and this dipshit retired. Some people I know would weep if that happened.
You would think Brown would leave the following year, too.
 

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You would think Brown would leave the following year, too.
I wouldn't be shocked if the Steelers shopped Antonio Brown. They seem to be getting tired of his diva-ness lately...even floated out stuff about him pouting and being overly concerned about his statistics.
 

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No chance he retires this offseason. They have steadily become a contender again and are fairly young at most positions and poised to be a major threat again. He won't walk away from a legit chance at another ring at this point. Besides being a drama queen I read he's also frustrated with some locker room and coaching issues and is set to meet with Rooney. He'll be back.
 

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It would be hilarious if Bell left in FA and this dipshit retired. Some people I know would weep if that happened.
At the very least they will have to franchise Bell and give AB a big new contract. I saw that 8 of their 10 highest contracts are already on offense. This should make that amount even higher which is one reason they are lacking on defense and will be harder pressed to improve it much.
 

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No chance he retires this offseason. They have steadily become a contender again and are fairly young at most positions and poised to be a major threat again. He won't walk away from a legit chance at another ring at this point. Besides being a drama queen I read he's also frustrated with some locker room and coaching issues and is set to meet with Rooney. He'll be back.
I have read that is he leaves he owes the Steelers $18.6 mill. Not sure how accurate that is, and too lazy to look it up, but it was from a guy that has been pretty accurate in the past.
 
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