- Quarterback confirms he will continue career in Pittsburgh
- 39-year-old threw four interceptions to end 2020 season
Ben Roethlisberger is returning for an 18th season with the Pittsburgh Steelers and is taking a pay cut to do it. The team and the two-time Super Bowl winner announced on Thursday they have agreed on a new contract that confirms the 39-year-old will be back in 2021.
The Steelers made no secret of the need for Roethlisberger to take a pay cut to ease some of the burden of his NFL-high $41.25m salary-cap hit scheduled for 2021. NFL Network, citing anonymous sources, said Roethlisberger’s new deal will essentially pay him $14m this season instead of $19m and adds four voidable years to spread out the dead money.
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