Ben RoethlisbergerHe has privately instructed his former teammates, and others within the group, that he expects this season to be his final year playing quarterback. Pittsburgh SteelersESPN was instructed by league sources.
Roethlisberger is not making such proclamations and certain won't, because he doesn't need the latter to be a part the season about him as Pittsburgh prepares for a playoff push.
He and others in the group are working together as if he is getting into the final 5 video games of Corridor-of-Fame, with two of them fittingly heading towards the end. Baltimore RavensPittsburgh's opponent Sunday, and the final regular-season sport as well.
Roethlisberger enters his 18th season. This is the last year of his contract. He's 39 years old, turns 40 in March and has seen his quarterback draft colleagues resembling Philip Rivers and Eli Manning move on to their next chapters. He is expected to be the next.
Roethlisberger instructed others that he would never need to play anywhere except Pittsburgh, where his time is ending. However, it doesn't mean he won't be able to play in a different NFL metropolis next season. According to one supply, that is “extremely unlikely.”
This will mean that Roethlisberger's career is expected to be finished. Roethlisberger will leave the Steelers with more wins, touchdown passes, and passing yards than any Steelers quarterback.
His 410 profession touchdown passes, which allowed him to play in Sunday's match, are eighth-most in NFL history. His 62.870 passing yards rank sixth in NFL history. His 161 career wins rank fifth in NFL historic past.
It is not surprising to anyone that the sixth-time Professional-Bowler will be playing in the last NFL season. Many believed Roethlisberger's last season was theirs. The workforce even seemed to plan for that. It turned over a large number of its soccer offensive players this season and is already moving to the long term.
On average, the Steelers have the youngest offensive team in the league. They have rookies filling the left and middle sort positions and are adept at working again and finishing tight. Pittsburgh is moving forward with the various offensive positions, but not at quarterback.
Steelers have several quarterbacks Mason RudolphAnd Dwayne HaskinsThere are many questions about whether either of them would succeed Roethlisberger based on their roster.
The Steelers will be looking for a last push in the postseason at 5-5-1 to give Roethlisberger another option to try to add to the 2 Tremendous bowl titles that he has already helped to convey to Pittsburgh.
