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Steelers team president Art Rooney II met with Ben Roethlisberger on Tuesday. According to a report afterwards, the meeting went well.
Apparently the meaning of ‘the meeting went well’ is that both parties agreed to reproduce it.
Ryan Tollner, the quarterback’s agent, told Aditi Kinkhabwala of the NFL Network that the Steelers “wants Ben back and will contact me soon to address his hood situation. As we have shared since the season ended, we like to adjust his contract creatively so they can build the best team possible. A year ago, Ben was not sure if he would be able to throw again, but he fought back to score 12 wins and the eighth division in his career. They lost steam in the piece and it is not coming to him well, so the fire is burning strong and there is a lot of gas in the tank. ”
The Steelers will have to revise Roethlisberger’s contract, which requires a whopping $ 41.25 million ceiling for 2021. Roethlisberger has already said he is willing to work with the team to make it work, which means a kind of remuneration.
The Steelers cast doubt on whether they wanted Roethlisberger to return last week. General manager Kevin Colbert was not committed to playing Roethlisberger an 18th season with the team.
Roethlisberger, who turns 39 next month, remains the team’s best option on the position despite his age and his retirement late last season. In the last five games in the regular season he has played, Roethlisberger has struck nine times and passed six times because the Steelers have won only 2-3.
Roethlisberger then threw four touchdowns and four interceptions in the wild-play playoff loss to the Browns.
But the return of Roethlisberger prevents the Steelers from hunting for a starting quarterback this season if they sit against the cap or hand over the reins to Mason Rudolph, who is 5-4 in his career as an appetizer.