Remember when was going to retire? That feels like eons ago, but really it was only about a year and a half ago when the quarterback started threatening his team with the idea of not returning to football. It seemed like crazy talk ... and it was.In fact, while Ben might be closer to the end of his career than the beginning, he is very much interested in "another bite of the apple" (read:
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NFL Tennessee Titans Jersey deal More on the NFL "It's already established. All the players involved -- the Rooneys, Kevin Colbert, Mike Tomlin, Ben Roethlisberger, his agent -- everyone knows what it is," La Canfora said. "If he's Ben Roethlisberger this year, they don't let quarterbacks go into lame-duck situations, they always take care of quarterbacks and coaches a year before the lame duck. So
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