MOSteelers56 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 18 minutes ago, BobbyPhil1781 said: FIFY QBs aren't the sole reason a team wins and loses. Nope, Ben plays all 11 positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknowcool Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, Tk3 said: For one thing you can't play both QBs at once So did the Packers not find their QB of the Future in 2005? Besides, the Steelers have the 24th pick in the draft. The odds of them getting a QB who is ready to start in Week 1 was slim to none anyway. And if Ben was that bad and they had a 1st round QB on the bench, he can always be benched. This move gave them more cap space and guarantees they will at least have a competent starter. They can still go draft a QB if they want. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezla Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Stop-gap QB until next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soflbillsfan Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 According to Spotrac's update contract Steelers will have a 26 mil dead cap this year for Ben and 10.5 mil dead cap next year on this move. Kicking that can down the road one more year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trentwannabe Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I’m not surprised. No way Ben and the Steelers wanted his tenure to end the way it did. Give it one more try. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucsDraftGeek47 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 not much they could really do they want to move on but too much dead money involved so just resign and go from there should definitely think about a future plan though bc i dont see him coming back next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP3MVP Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 They would be better off ripping off the bandaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broncofan Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I'll say I'm really surprised Ben agreed to restructure AND take a 5M pay cut. He clearly wasn't even good enough to retain at 19M....but the Steelers didn't have great options either, given the cap situation, and Ben's never acted out of interest for others before. But then again, probably very clear to him returning to the Steelers O was his only chance to keep playing. We're going to see a lot more of this IMO (other than just outright cuts too) - in terms of restructuring to push the cap hit down the road. The gap between the 2021 projected cap and the 2022 cap once the rest of the TV deal money comes in, should be massive. Teams are going to get cap compliant with their most expensive salaried players they don't want to cut with restructures. It's just a matter of how much & how often for this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKSteeler Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 18 minutes ago, Broncofan said: He clearly wasn't even good enough to retain at 19M....but the Steelers didn't have great options either, given the cap situation, and Ben's never acted out of interest for others before. But then again, probably very clear to him returning to the Steelers O was his only chance to keep playing. The corpse of Philip Rivers got $25 million last year to play for the Colts. The complete lack of respect for what Roethlisberger did last year is mind boggling. Anyone with eyes could tell you which QB between the two had more left in the tank and it sure as hell wasn't Rivers. He came out weeks ago and said he didn't care what he played for this year. He's making relative chump change this year at $14 or 19 million. It wasn't about the money so he took a pay cut. And the narrative around him will still remain the same. He's selfish or this or that. Nothing he does is going to change how some people view him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NudeTayne Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, CKSteeler said: The corpse of Philip Rivers got $25 million last year to play for the Colts. The complete lack of respect for what Roethlisberger did last year is mind boggling. Anyone with eyes could tell you which QB between the two had more left in the tank and it sure as hell wasn't Rivers. He came out weeks ago and said he didn't care what he played for this year. He's making relative chump change this year at $14 or 19 million. It wasn't about the money so he took a pay cut. And the narrative around him will still remain the same. He's selfish or this or that. Nothing he does is going to change how some people view him. TIL only Steelers fans have eyes to see. Rivers looked WAYYYYYYYYYYYY better last year to these blind eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKSteeler Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 2 hours ago, BobbyPhil1781 said: I mean, he The Steelers did beat the Ravens twice last year. Well, one of those wins involved a second half comeback down double digits in which he basically drew up the plays for his receivers in the dirt. So yea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyPhil1781 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 16 minutes ago, CKSteeler said: Well, one of those wins involved a second half comeback down double digits in which he basically drew up the plays for his receivers in the dirt. So yea. Don't care. Ben didn't play defense. It's literally the most simple logic ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyPhil1781 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 2 hours ago, MOSteelers56 said: Nope, Ben plays all 11 positions. 22 positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSteelers56 Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 47 minutes ago, BobbyPhil1781 said: 22 positions. Ben’s that good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 They’re taking one more half court shot, but I think this would’ve been a good point to cut bait and go into 2022 without the dead cap and able to fully re-build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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