The Steelers recently inked quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to a lucrative contract extension that will keep him under club control through 2021. At the time, GM Kevin Colbert said that the contract would likely be Big Ben’s last.
That jibed with the sentiments that Colbert expressed earlier this year when he first indicated that he was exploring a new deal for his star quarterback. But now he’s suggesting that he would be open to keeping Roethlisberger around in 2022 — which would be Roethlisberger’s age-40 season — and beyond.
Colbert said (via Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk), “I know [Roethlisberger] doesn’t have an expiration date. We just felt that [the extension] was a foreseeable future that we were able to do, and he was agreeable to. But I’m sure that he doesn’t have an expiration date. I know that he’s still very competitive. He still wants to do this at a high level.”
Of course, Tom Brady will be 42 before the season starts, Drew Brees will play his age-40 season this year, and Peyton Manning was almost 40 when he played his last game. Although those future Hall-of-Famers have not absorbed as many hits as Roethlisberger throughout their careers, they have shown that geriatric signal-callers have plenty to offer.
Colbert added, “What [Roethlisberger] wants is more Super Bowls. And he wants to continue to try to win, and we’re gonna support that. And that was a big part of why we were willing to do what we did, and now it’s our job to help him help us get there.”
Big Ben Rapistberger
What a genius. Did you think that one up all by yourself?
No, your mom taught me that one
How old are you..? 5? You classless losers really need to find something better to do
What a chump, I’m classless but the big drunken rapist is A OK. Pathetic
If our president can openly state that he grabs women by their, you know what, then I see no problem with a quarterback doing the same
Then you are sad and pathetic
I hope you dont reproduce
You want to talk about pathetic? You’re attacking a bunch of people on a website online, probably to cover for the fact that you’re an insecure, sad little man with no life. If anyone should avoid reproduction, it’s you.
I attacked nobody, i called out a rapist and was attacked by rape apologists. Like you.
You attacked me first. I made a joke, and you called me sad and pathetic. You called the person who commented before me pathetic as well.
Hey Dane Cook, get some new material…
Lou Whitaker is hall of very good. Not hall of fame
He’s famous and he grabbed them by the P.
Is this not acceptable behavior to you?
Nope
It’s disgusting behavior and only sickos defend it.
And Josh Bell is a bum by the way
Big Ben should be able to stay on team until he no longer wants to play. Same goes for Brady and Brees.
Or till he rapes another woman and goes to jail this time.
with a new signing bonus he’ll have plenty of hush money
Brees was looking very geriatric by the end of the season last year.