Ben Roethlisberger re-signs for 5 years

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PITTSBURGH -- Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger signed a five-year contract that should allow him to play his entire career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

 

"This is where I want to be," Roethlisberger said Friday afternoon with chairman Dan Rooney, team president Art Rooney II, coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Kevin Colbert among those watching his news conference. "It's an incredibly fair deal for both sides, and we're just excited to move forward and get some more Lombardi Trophies in that room next year."

 

Roethlisberger has led the Steelers to their only two Super Bowl titles since the 1970s, and the 11-year veteran is coming off a Pro Bowl season in which he established career highs in passing yards (4,952), completions (408) and completion percentage (67.1).

 

He turned 33 on March 2, but Colbert said in January that the Steelers believe he is getting better and can continue to play at a high level into his late 30s, as Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have done.

 

 

 

Ben Roethlisberger agrees to new deal with Pittsburgh Steelers - ESPN

Edited March 13, 2015 by homeless_camel

[spindoc]

Boss

[Bengal Maniac]

No brainer here. I fear Big Ben more than any other QB in the NFL. he has ebaten the Bengals a lot. He's had a few rare bad games, but mostly he just threads us.

[Clyde]

$31M signing bonus.

 

Will earn $35M in 2015 and $18M in 2016.

[halfback20]

$31M signing bonus.

 

Will earn $35M in 2015 and $18M in 2016.

 

That's a lot of money.

[OlDog75]

The guy is just a horse! A throwback, does what it takes on the field to try to win.