Why It’s Smart to Wait Until 2015 to Make Ben Roethlisberger a Steeler for Life

July 29, 2014   ·   Andrea Hangst   ·   Jump to comments

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's current contract won't be up until 2016, but the team is already discussing an extension. It's just that it won't come this year.
Steelers president Art Rooney II said last Friday that an extension for Roethlisberger is in the plans, but not before the team addresses the players set to become free agents in 2015.
Rooney, speaking with WTAE in Pittsburgh and other assembled media, said, "Ben wants to be part of a winning team, to be in a position to compete for championships, and he understands that in order to do that we need to try to keep as many of the other players around as we can. So, addressing the players who are going into the final years of their contracts in 2014 makes sense."

Roethlisberger has two years left on an eight-year, $102 million contract that will pay him a $12.1 million salary this year ($18.8 million total with bonuses). At 32 years old, he certainly has years of football lef...

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