PITTSBURGH (AP) – There are days when Ben Roethlisberger can feel every single hit he’s absorbed during a decade as one of the NFL’s most fearless quarterbacks.
And there are days when the Pittsburgh Steelers star sees the young faces surrounding him in the huddle and it seems like he can play forever.
Yet at age 32 with small flecks of gray in his stubble, Roethlisberger knows he’s in the second half of a career that already includes two Super Bowl rings.
While he understands the NFL is a business, Roethlisberger has no plans to entertain the idea of taking his business somewhere other than Pittsburgh.
Not now. Not next summer. Not ever if Roethlisberger has his way. And as far as he knows, his boss – Steelers president Art Rooney II – feels the same. Until that changes for either side, concern over his status is nothing more than misguided speculation.