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It would be great if they extend him. Keep them in cap hell even longer.

In Art Rooney’s season-end call with Pittsburgh beat reporters, he said what we’ve all kinda known: Ben Roethlisberger’s $41 million salary-cap hit is not feasible for the Steelers.

“Ben wants to come back,” said Steelers president Art Rooney II on Thursday. “We’ve left that door open. We’ve been up front with Ben in letting him know that we couldn’t have him back under the current contract. He understands we have some work to do there.”

The only way to potentially reduce the cap number is to convert Roethlisberger’s $15 million roster bonus (due in March) into a signing bonus and offer him a new long-term contract. And, even then, it might not lower the cap hit by much.

Allison Koehler
Updated Thu, January 28, 2021, 4:25 PM·1 min read

In Art Rooney’s season-end call with Pittsburgh beat reporters, he said what we’ve all kinda known: Ben Roethlisberger’s $41 million salary-cap hit is not feasible for the Steelers.

“Ben wants to come back,” said Steelers president Art Rooney II on Thursday. “We’ve left that door open. We’ve been up front with Ben in letting him know that we couldn’t have him back under the current contract. He understands we have some work to do there.”

The only way to potentially reduce the cap number is to convert Roethlisberger’s $15 million roster bonus (due in March) into a signing bonus and offer him a new long-term contract. And, even then, it might not lower the cap hit by much.

Roethlisberger, 38, started 15 games this season, passing for 3,803 yards, 33 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. The Steelers started the season hot at 11-0 before going 1-4 to end the regular season.

Rooney already said in September that he was open to extending Roethlisberger beyond 2021. If Roethlisberger’s intent to return remains and the two sides come to a deal, Big Ben will be back and, possibly, for the foreseeable future.

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Ben coming back seems crazy stupid for both parties. The team can't afford to put the pieces around him to give him a good shot, and he no longer has enough in the tank to carry the team on his back.

But since I wish nothing but awful things for that team, I welcome keeping Ben around as long as possible.

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Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)
In a blockbuster deal #Lions deal Stafford to the #Rams. Full terms of the deal: It’s Matthew Stafford to the #Rams for two 1st rounders and a 3rd rounder, along with Jared Goff.

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Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)
In a blockbuster deal #Lions deal Stafford to the #Rams. Full terms of the deal: It’s Matthew Stafford to the #Rams for two 1st rounders and a 3rd rounder, along with Jared Goff.

That is crazy for LA imho.
I like Stafford well enough but he isn’t exactly in his prime and goff really isn’t that bad. I think the lions just got a lot better in the medium time.

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Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)
In a blockbuster deal #Lions deal Stafford to the #Rams. Full terms of the deal: It’s Matthew Stafford to the #Rams for two 1st rounders and a 3rd rounder, along with Jared Goff.

That is crazy for LA imho.
I like Stafford well enough but he isn’t exactly in his prime and goff really isn’t that bad. I think the lions just got a lot better in the medium time.

I agree. I heard the Rams had to throw in the an extra 1st round pick was so Lions would take goff and his huge contract. But I am not sure in a couple years that I would rather have Goff than Stafford as my QB.

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Feels like a lot to give up for basically Andy Dalton

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Feels like a lot to give up for basically Andy Dalton

Jarod Goff has won several Play-off games, Andy Dalton has not.

Jarod Goff has brought a team to the Super Bowl, Andy Dalton has not

Jarod Goff is 26, Andy Dalton is 33.

Advantage Goff.

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Feels like a lot to give up for basically Andy Dalton

Jarod Goff has won several Play-off games, Andy Dalton has not.

Jarod Goff has brought a team to the Super Bowl, Andy Dalton has not

Jarod Goff is 26, Andy Dalton is 33.

Advantage Goff.

I assumed he was talking about Stafford.

I think the Lions got the best of this deal BY FAR. Goff is an expensive wildcard here, but he either turns things around and is a pretty good QB or he’s gone soon. Meanwhile those 1st rounders are pieces to build the future around.

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I assumed he was talking about Stafford.

We'll it's Cruiser so he could have been talking about Johnny Unitas.

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2021 Cap(@patscap)
The 2021 League Cap projected to be $180M. First official projection expected to announced this week.