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Steelers may part ways with Roethlisberger

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Wow, seems like a lot of teams are about to cut big name players because of every ones cap situation.. wish we had more cap this year .. seems like there will be a lot of bargain vets up for the taking. 
 

as far as Ben goes he will definitely want to play for a contender.. but if he wants money tepper has made it well known that he willing to open his wallet to win (we are blessed). That said if Ben wants a pay day come on down he still looks good .. plus Tepper was a minority owner of the Steelers he may have a small foot in the door in the lead .... agreed not likey but plausible

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1 minute ago, Leotiger said:

Wow, seems like a lot of teams are about to cut big name players because of every ones cap situation.. wish we had more cap this year .. seems like there will be a lot of bargain vets up for the taking. 
 

as far as Ben goes he will definitely want to play for a contender.. but if he wants money tepper has made it well known that he willing to open his wallet to win (we are blessed). That said if Ben wants a pay day come on down he still looks good .. plus Tepper was a minority owner of the Steelers he may have a small foot in the door in the lead .... agreed not likey but plausible

We can make plenty of cap for the right person.  The issue is not spending on guys we're going to regret after a year like Teddy, Matt Kalil, etc.

Anybody who watched a Steelers game down the stretch knows Big Ben is washed, way more than Cam even.

We need a QB, but hard, hard pass on Big Ben.  He still has an arm, but he's been hit too many times and makes awful decisions at this point to keep from getting hit.

I don't blame him for not wanting to get hit as someone approaching 40 myself, but he needs to retire.

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7 minutes ago, Seltzer said:

We can make plenty of cap for the right person.  The issue is not spending on guys we're going to regret after a year like Teddy, Matt Kalil, etc.

Anybody who watched a Steelers game down the stretch knows Big Ben is washed, way more than Cam even.

We need a QB, but hard, hard pass on Big Ben.  He still has an arm, but he's been hit too many times and makes awful decisions at this point to keep from getting hit.

I don't blame him for not wanting to get hit as someone approaching 40 myself, but he needs to retire.


He would be more of a bridge QB more then anything.. I disagree with your assessment I think he would bring a lot of value to the panthers. 
 

bringing in a super bowl Qb that still produces is exactly what our young guys need if Ben “buys in” but that is a big if but can’t write him off. Specially when you have teddy penciled in as your starting qb 

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Didn't Roethlisberger state publicly that he would work with him on getting that $41 mil figure down?

Now, what I will say is, Big Ben has been showing some definite signs of decline over the past two seasons. It may just simply be that the Steelers want to move on in general.

I can't say that I would blame him, as I don't think Ben may have more than a year or so left in the tank.

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He would be more of a bridge QB more then anything.. I disagree with your assessment I think he would bring a lot of value to the panthers. 
 

bringing in a super bowl Qb that still produces is exactly what our young guys need if Ben “buys in” but that is a big if but can’t write him off. Specially when you have teddy penciled in as your starting qb 

Ben makes little to no sense for us. He is rapidly declining, he don't have a line currently that could protect him adequately and his cost doesn't make any sense whatsoever for a 1-2 year deal outside of a veteran minimum contract.

At that rate, why wouldn't he just sign cheaply somewhere that could actually bring him a title?

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15 minutes ago, Seltzer said:

We can make plenty of cap for the right person.  The issue is not spending on guys we're going to regret after a year like Teddy, Matt Kalil, etc.

Anybody who watched a Steelers game down the stretch knows Big Ben is washed, way more than Cam even.

We need a QB, but hard, hard pass on Big Ben.  He still has an arm, but he's been hit too many times and makes awful decisions at this point to keep from getting hit.

I don't blame him for not wanting to get hit as someone approaching 40 myself, but he needs to retire.

His arm is starting to decline somewhat, as well. 

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2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Didn't Roethlisberger state publicly that he would work with him on getting that $41 mil figure down?

Now, what I will say is, Big Ben has been showing some definite signs of decline over the past two seasons. It may just simply be that the Steelers want to move on in general.

I can't say that I would blame him, as I don't think Ben may have more than a year or so left in the tank.

Basically said he'd play for nothing.

Apparently, that offer wasn't low enough for the Steelers 🤔

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