![]() ![]() I think we had a third and short or fourth and short and he ended up bouncing off three guys, running back this way, running the guy over, catching a touchdown, blocking. And you’re going to have every right to kind of back off and not quit but say let’s send another back in or not run hard.’ I said whatever you decide is going to endear yourself to these fans. I said, ‘Hey, what you do, the rest of this quarter, and the fourth quarter will really determine the kind of the person and the player that you’re going to be moving forward with the city, with the fans, with this team because you’re going to be here for a long time. I told him I know he was frustrated as we all were. And they need to hope that they can find their next franchise quarterback sooner than they got their last one, because it was 20 long years between Terry Bradshaw and Ben Roethlisberger.“I had to talk with Najee maybe halfway through the third before we really kind of started to make our run last week. But it’s time for the Steelers to turn the page. It’s been a Hall of Fame career for Roethlisberger. As the first Sunday in December arrives, chances are that team and player would say, if attached to a lie detector test, that they probably should have gone their separate ways.Īfter the current season, they apparently will. I thought both sides would regret making one last ride together by November. When the two sides decided to give it one more go, with the not-so-subtle goal of winning a Bettis-style walk-off Super Bowl, that seemed more delusional than usual, even as blind optimism in the NFL goes. They were, as the same thinking goes, surprised that he accepted. That number, as the thinking goes, was selected to be low enough to get him to pass on it but not so low as to be an insult. They offered him a $4 million reduction in pay with no way to make it back in incentives. The Steelers, as the rumors rattling around the NFL go, were surprised, too. ![]() It’s hard to imagine any team handing him the reins next year. Another year closer to permanently losing the race with Father Time. He’ll be another year older, another year more likely to not be able to make it through the year. One unnamed source told Schefter that it’s “highly unlikely” that Roethlisberger would play for another team in 2022. He missed a game due to COVID after self-reporting symptoms, and he has been dealing with various injuries, injuries that are harder to recover from based on the wear and tear he has taken over the years and the fact that he’s definitely not a TB12 devotee. Overall, he’s been better in recent weeks. He wisely pivoted following an early three-game losing streak from trying to extend plays with his feet, because he just can’t do it like he once did. Roethlisberger, who turns 40 in March, has looked sluggish and ineffective this season. Via Adam Schefter of, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger “privately has told former teammates and some within the organization that he expects this to be his final season” with the team.įew if any expected otherwise at this point. This week’s Sunday Splash! cycle started a little early, with a flat, predictable Saturday stone that may skip right over to the other side of Lake Obvious. ![]()
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