Ben Roethlisberger says he wants to play for at least three more seasons and the Steelers are on board with that. On Wednesday, team president Art Rooney II told a small group of reporters that he will eventually have a conversation with Big Ben about extending his deal beyond 2019. 
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“We haven’t had a long conversation about that other than him saying he is interested in playing beyond his contract,” Rooney said (via ESPN.com’s Jeremy Fowler). “That’s good news to me, and certainly his play this year makes you feel like he does have a few years left. All that is great in terms of the contract. We’ll address that at the right time. But bottom line is we’re excited that’s the way he feels and we’ll continue to work with him and hopefully get a couple more rings with him.”
Roethlisberger turns 36 in March and has flirted with retirement in the past, but he is still playing football at a high level and wants to add a third ring to his collection. In 2017, Roethlisberger had a 64.2% completion rate with 28 touchdowns and a 92.4 quarterback rating. He finished stronger than he started with 348 yards and three touchdowns per contest over his final seven games.
Since entering the league in 2004, Roethlisberger owns a career 135-63 record in the regular season.
This guy is the biggest drama queen in NFL history. Carted off multiple times for minor injuries, always hinting at retirement, said maybe he should quit after the 1st Jax game this year….. now he’s playing 3 more years. He’s a great player. Stop acting like a b*tch!
Lol you’re such an idiot
I’m the idiot? mashed potato face said a few years ago he had a punctured lung… and played that week. What a Queen! Lol!
You try getting almost killed on a motorcycle and putting up his numbers, then we’ll talk. Better a drama queen than a never was.
Don’t make me bring the rapings and his horrible reputation in the Pittsburgh community. This queen was banned from a local player hangout for refusing to pay a tab. Maybe he grew up.. but he’s still a drama queen.
God what a hating little b*tch you are tony, someone needs a snickers
I never said I hated him. I think he’s a great player…. just a drama queen. And yes, I’ll take a snickers.
No, just sounds to me like a sad, pathetic hater
You nerds and your keyboards muscles.
Ben is simultaneously the toughest QB of his era by far AND a giant drama queen.
He’ll play through things that other QB’s wouldn’t dream of, BUT he wants to make sure that everyone knows about it and gives him his due credit for doing so.
Just who he is.
So what?
Retire you fool
Exactly. This big doofus is INSUFFERABLE!!!
You would know.
Yea I would
Eh, this is a not a guy who is likely to age gracefully.
I’d wait until he got to the last year of this current deal before extending him.