Ben wants to play beyond 2019

StillerInCT · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:26 pm **Posts:** 4117

https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/Bolt/Rooney-Ben-Roethlisberger-wants-to-play-beyond-the-2019-season-114814049

Also saw reported that Art II wants to extend him.

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Ben Roethlisberger has every intention to be the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback going into the next decade.

Speaking to a handful of reporters on Wednesday, Steelers owner Art Rooney II confirmed that Big Ben wants to play beyond his current contract that is set to expire at the end of the 2019 season, per Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Rooney added that the Steelers will look to get Roethlisberger an extension before his current contract expires.

Rooney's announcement confirms what several players said shortly after the 2017 season came to an end with regard to Big Ben's future plans. Unlike the previous year, Roethlisberger quickly announced that he would return for the 2018 season minutes after Pittsburgh's season-ending loss to the Jaguars in the AFC divisional round. Big Ben told 93.7 The Fan last month that he has only committed to playing in 2018 and will continue to evaluate his career on a yearly basis.

Roethlisberger enjoyed another strong season in 2017, throwing for 4,251 yards with 28 touchdowns against 14 interceptions last season. He became the first quarterback in NFL history to lose a playoff game despite throwing five touchdowns in Pittsburgh's 45-42 loss to the Jaguars. Roethlisberger is also top-10 all-time in career passing yards, completions and touchdown passes.

Big Ben, who will celebrate his 36th birthday next month, is trying to join Joe Montana, Tom Brady, Troy Aikman and Terry Bradshaw as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with at least three Super Bowl victories.

BethlehemSteel · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:07 am **Posts:** 8350

StillerInCT wrote:

https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/Bolt/Rooney-Ben-Roethlisberger-wants-to-play-beyond-the-2019-season-114814049

Also saw reported that Art II wants to extend him.

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Ben Roethlisberger has every intention to be the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback going into the next decade.

Speaking to a handful of reporters on Wednesday, Steelers owner Art Rooney II confirmed that Big Ben wants to play beyond his current contract that is set to expire at the end of the 2019 season, per Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Rooney added that the Steelers will look to get Roethlisberger an extension before his current contract expires.

Rooney's announcement confirms what several players said shortly after the 2017 season came to an end with regard to Big Ben's future plans. Unlike the previous year, Roethlisberger quickly announced that he would return for the 2018 season minutes after Pittsburgh's season-ending loss to the Jaguars in the AFC divisional round. Big Ben told 93.7 The Fan last month that he has only committed to playing in 2018 and will continue to evaluate his career on a yearly basis.

Roethlisberger enjoyed another strong season in 2017, throwing for 4,251 yards with 28 touchdowns against 14 interceptions last season. He became the first quarterback in NFL history to lose a playoff game despite throwing five touchdowns in Pittsburgh's 45-42 loss to the Jaguars. Roethlisberger is also top-10 all-time in career passing yards, completions and touchdown passes.

Big Ben, who will celebrate his 36th birthday next month, is trying to join Joe Montana, Tom Brady, Troy Aikman and Terry Bradshaw as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with at least three Super Bowl victories.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN ASST COACH BEN

SteelThrillsseeker · **Posted:** Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:52 pm

Hallelujah.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^(I'm singing that in my head)

BarryFoster · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:16 pm **Posts:** 6849

*cums

StillerInCT · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:26 pm **Posts:** 4117

Interesting that all this happens after Haley is shown the door. I think it's obvious he and Ben had irreconcilable differences. I'd also say that it's most likely not all Haley's fault for that either.

BethlehemSteel · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:07 am **Posts:** 8350

StillerInCT wrote:

Interesting that all this happens after Haley is shown the door. I think it's obvious he and Ben had irreconcilable differences. I'd also say that it's most likely not all Haley's fault for that either.

They tried to work it out, seems that once they resigned the wall up between Haley and Ben, with Fichtner, the stress seemed to go away.

Haley is a total idiot. Can't see his time in Cleveland proving results other than more stress

KC · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:18 pm **Posts:** 11779

Ben better work on some serious conditioning.

...and quick.

bam morris · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:18 pm **Posts:** 10606

ben is suffering with bradyitus!! lol wants to play forever now.. :lol:

Poltargyst · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:35 pm **Posts:** 7891

So which is it?

A. Ben believes the Steelers can win another super bowl with Tomlin as HC.
B. Ben knows the Steelers will never win another super bowl with Tomlin as HC, and he is okay with that.

Jobus Rum · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:58 pm **Posts:** 6994

Poltargyst wrote:

So which is it?

A. Ben believes the Steelers can win another super bowl with Tomlin as HC.
B. Ben knows the Steelers will never win another super bowl with Tomlin as HC, and he is okay with that.

C. Ben believes he’s so good that he will win another Super Bowl despite Tomlin.

Poltargyst · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:35 pm **Posts:** 7891

Jobus Rum wrote:

Poltargyst wrote:

So which is it?

A. Ben believes the Steelers can win another super bowl with Tomlin as HC.
B. Ben knows the Steelers will never win another super bowl with Tomlin as HC, and he is okay with that.

C. Ben believes he’s so good that he will win another Super Bowl despite Tomlin.

Nope, that's A.

Kodiak · **Joined:** Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:01 am **Posts:** 11752

This will be very upsetting news for Chicagosteel

Dan Smith--BYU · **Joined:** Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:06 am **Posts:** 3750

Somebody buy his wife Brady's cookbook but redact the nonsense about nightshades and 25 glasses of water a day.

Better yet, get him on something keto-ish.

TB · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:13 pm **Posts:** 4054

Gotta admit, I love to hear he's planning on playing beyond 2019, but a little disappointed in how obvious this was more about Haley than anything else.

Last year he's talking about how he's worried about CTE, how he and his wife will have conversations going forward about his future, how he's going to evaluate it year to year, he's wanting to make sure he's able to have a life with his family beyond football, and after this year Haley hasn't even gotten to the airport yet and he's all, "Nah guys, I'm good for three more years at least." Just really makes his comments he made last offseason come off as completely disingenuous.

bradshaw2ben · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:33 pm **Posts:** 16588

TB wrote:

Gotta admit, I love to hear he's planning on playing beyond 2019, but a little disappointed in how obvious this was more about Haley than anything else.

Last year he's talking about how he's worried about CTE, how he and his wife will have conversations going forward about his future, how he's going to evaluate it year to year, he's wanting to make sure he's able to have a life with his family beyond football, and after this year Haley hasn't even gotten to the airport yet and he's all, "Nah guys, I'm good for three more years at least." Just really makes his comments he made last offseason come off as completely disingenuous.

You know Ben... hates to say anything bad about anyone that he really has bad stuff to say about. Just remember what he said about his OL in 2008. I think last year was TOTALLY about Haley.

Orangesteel · **Joined:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:22 am **Posts:** 9296

I’m pretty sure you aren’t supposed to drink 25 glasses of water a day.

That quack doctor TB12 uses is a jabroni.

TB · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:13 pm **Posts:** 4054

bradshaw2ben wrote:

TB wrote:

Gotta admit, I love to hear he's planning on playing beyond 2019, but a little disappointed in how obvious this was more about Haley than anything else.

Last year he's talking about how he's worried about CTE, how he and his wife will have conversations going forward about his future, how he's going to evaluate it year to year, he's wanting to make sure he's able to have a life with his family beyond football, and after this year Haley hasn't even gotten to the airport yet and he's all, "Nah guys, I'm good for three more years at least." Just really makes his comments he made last offseason come off as completely disingenuous.

You know Ben... hates to say anything bad about anyone that he really has bad stuff to say about. Just remember what he said about his OL in 2008. I think last year was TOTALLY about Haley.

Yeah, that's just Ben being Ben, and ultimately it led to the result he wanted with Haley let go.

Dan Smith--BYU · **Joined:** Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:06 am **Posts:** 3750

https://www.popularmechanics.com/advent ... 12-method/

Yes, Brady's diet is stupid and the only reason he isn't overhydrating is he adds electrolytes to the water.

How about something simple for Ben like no sugar no grain for a while?

Kodiak · **Joined:** Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:01 am **Posts:** 11752

The CTE stuff is interesting. And, as it relates to the whole QB sneak thing, it DOES demonstrate that Ben will lie, or at least exagerrate or be deceptive. I think his CTE concerns are real, but other than getting earholed on a sneak it's not enough of a concern for him to retire....it could be a case of one more concussion and he's done.

But thrilled to hear he wants to play beyond 2020. Brady, Favre and Brees all throwing the ball well into their late 30's/early 40's. Manning, who knows without the injury and surgeries. Hopefully Ben starts a better offseason conditioning program....although there's clearly an argument to be made that the slow start had more to do with Haley, because despite all the bellyaching about Ben's offseason program he's rarely started slowly.

fortythree · **Joined:** Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:22 pm **Posts:** 2424

Yeah Ben's diet hindered his play this season. He was total garbage and was lucky the team won in spite of him.

Still Lit · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:19 am **Posts:** 9998

fortythree wrote:

Yeah Ben's diet hindered his play this season. He was total garbage and was lucky the team won in spite of him.

I do wish that Ben would do more than kayak in the offseason in terms of getting his body ready for the season, however. Especially now that he's getting older.

Kodiak · **Joined:** Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:01 am **Posts:** 11752

fortythree wrote:

Yeah Ben's diet hindered his play this season. He was total garbage and was lucky the team won in spite of him.

Something definitely was off those first 6-7 games. I don't know if it was a lack of preseason reps, playcalling or just a lot of new faces. Probably all of the above. Rogers was MIA pretty much the entire year. Took the WHOLE year for Bryant to get back. MacDonald was hurt most of the year. JuJu was a rookie. Bell sat out and took 3-4 games to get back to speed. And that's why JJ was your #2 receiver the first half of the year. Outside of AB, all of that certainly explains your QB being off 6 inches on some of his throws.

But like I said, we have the "lazy slob" critique almost every year but I can't remember him starting slowly any other year.

Kodiak · **Joined:** Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:01 am **Posts:** 11752

Still Lit wrote:

I do wish that Ben would do more than kayak in the offseason in terms of getting his body ready for the season, however. Especially now that he's getting older.

I don't think it's the arm or throwing that's the issue. But, yeah, as he gets older it's going to get harder and harder to bounce back physically and use camp to get into game shape.

Would like to see him doing some footwork and running development. The Ben that did some scrambling late in the year was vintage. You have to make the defense respect that you'll run for that 5-10 yards for the first.

Still Lit · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:19 am **Posts:** 9998

Kodiak wrote:

Still Lit wrote:

I do wish that Ben would do more than kayak in the offseason in terms of getting his body ready for the season, however. Especially now that he's getting older.

I don't think it's the arm or throwing that's the issue. But, yeah, as he gets older it's going to get harder and harder to bounce back physically and use camp to get into game shape.

Would like to see him doing some footwork and running development. The Ben that did some scrambling late in the year was vintage. You have to make the defense respect that you'll run for that 5-10 yards for the first.

Exactly. Do some cardio, shed some fat. Be more nimble.

On the other hand, watching fat Ben lumber is one of the great joys of watching his late career. Always good for a chuckle.

955876 · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:12 pm **Posts:** 4201

Hopefully the “pick six” play the offense seemed to become fond of running left with Haley’s playbook...

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