Ben retiring?

If you can get a somewhat proven player for a second isn't that better than a crap shoot for a first?

 

He wasn't talking about retirement before last season. If he's hurting and the team is lacking I say he just rides out the rest of next season. At least this talk should make pitts draft a qb or see who's available after next year.

 

I am not using a first on a QB either. Not at 30.

I have seen to many other former PAT QB's out and around the rest of the league fall flat on their face after looking all world in NE. Jimmy G has not proven anything to me.

Off the top of my head I can't recall one trade that the Patriots didnt get the better end of the deal with. Maybe a few that worked out even..but none that they lost out on.

HACK

 

aj McCarron?

 

Even in the division I would take that trade...The Bengals would be foolish to offer it...but AJ Green and Brown....that would be the most loaded team in the league....even with Ginger at QB.

HACK

 

Is Tomlin that stupid? SMDH!

“Ben said it so you do take it seriously. I'M NOT ALARMED BY IT, that’s football. Obviously, I’m hopeful he returns,”

 

This, didnt he also say during the year something about them not very disiplined during practices and another time about too hard of practices causing injuries? Seems like like there are locker room issues and he thinks changes need to be made.

 

I think Ben just mentioned retirement so TSF had an interesting topic to debate and draw out scenarios during the long offseason. It's cool!

 

I think you can do that without stomping your feet, pouting and threatening to go home. And to me, that's what he sounds like. There are much more professional ways to do this, and the media is not the place.

 

Tank the season for Sam Darnold USC . Two sport athlete basketball/ football like Ben. I know some of you Penn State guys watched that cool customer torch them in the Rose Bowl

 

Oh no on Bortles, his hitch is so bad I dont think it would ever get fixed. He drops his passing hand and ball below his waist before throwing, thats why he throws so many interceptions. The Jags even brought in QB guro's to try to fix him and couldnt help him. He is big and strong, but stupid.

 

And this fall in who's lap? Yea, we know...

 

I don't expect Ben to retire. Might he be sending a message, so say, "Hey, I won't always be here, clean up the locker room?" Perhaps. Look at Carl Edwards' for those of you that follow NASCAR. He's rich and healthy. So, he retired. Ben has a family and plenty of money. Perhaps, that's enough for him. He was the youngest QB to win a superbowl. Our dreams (at least mine) of him being the oldest ever to win a superbowl aren't really realistic.

 

We had the "best rb" on our roster only for that game. He barely saw the field and apparently knew that he was hurt in warm ups to the point that it was gonna be bad. So he was pretty much a complete non factor. I would kill to know if he could have at least been used in a Terrell Davis capacity. He must be hurt a lot worse than we know.

 

Obtaining a quality QB via draft or trade should have been in the plans of the FO already. With Ben's plans officially in question, there's no doubt the organization has to take action.

I think we all have appreciated what #7 has done and what he may still have left for us if he decides to continue to play.

But he's put the organization on notice. It's in a good place with a lot of good pieces. Let's hope some important moves are made correctly. We want to continue to enjoy competitive football while we groom our next signal caller or get that F/A up to speed with what we need from him.

Remember, Ben was just a "game manager" for a good portion of his career and Pittsburgh was quite successful.

 

Kent Graham was the bees knees, I tell ya, the bees knees

 

If you had earned, and with investments have the potential to max it at around 100 million, and you were weighing it against 20 million more giving up 10-15 years of your life and being able not to walk in your 70s....

 

I think he wants to make sure that he has Brown and Bell until he retires in 2-3 years. Getting Antonio Bryant back will be a huge plus for the O. He is sending a load and clear message to the front office in a nice way.

 

Well obviously he isn't above criticism; I have criticized him too. I misworded my statement. What I should have said was no intelligent people here are for the firing of Mike Tomlin. Criticism? Oh hell yeah.

 

He will be back...but he might retire after another SB win and try to go out on top. We have another great chance to make a SB run next year

 

Disagree (without pegging you for it). If I had 100 million and had the chance to make 60-80 more while doing the thing I love the most while improving my legacy, I'd do it. But that's just my opinion.

 

Richard Seymour

 

Who is this Antonio Bryant you speak of?

 

IMO a 2nd for Garoppolo is a steal. That kid can play and has been learning from Brady for several years. You are not getting a better QB in the 2nd round than he is. Oh, and he's young. Not sure how much he would cost, but if they can afford him, that's a trade they should do even if Ben is coming back.

 

It's not a lack of leadership, it's just the state of social media that we live in. If Ben is serious about retirement, he needs to discuss it with Tomlin and Art Rooney II at his exit interview, that hasn't happened yet. It just so happens his weekly radio show happens first. The Steelers can then form proper contingency plans. All this is is a wake up call to the organization that Ben may not finish all 3 years of his contract. He'll play in 2017. ESPN also stated that if Ben retires now, he'll owe the organization $18 million.