Squashed? This is only the beginning. Just wait after a few my losses.
Team sources expect Roethlisberger to ask the [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/pittsburghsteelers/profile?team=PIT"]Steelers[/URL] to [URL="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/399557204199899137"]explore a possible trade[/URL] in the offseason, Rapoport was told. Pittsburgh fielded trade offers for [URL="http://www.nfl.com/player/benroethlisberger/2506109/profile"]Big Ben[/URL] last offseason and the team expects to answer the phone again in 2014.
Do you guys not know what this means? It means two things.
One, it wasnt Ben and Ben's camp that leaked this about Ben. It was team sources. Of course Ben would have it squash. And that came right at the start of the game. And you call that, crowd control. He still has plenty of games left to play as a Steeler this season. I think Ben would prefer that Steelers fans didnt know he felt this way until the end of the season. And since it was team sources who released this information, that means that they are laying the ground work, so that when they do trade a franchise QB, their fan base believes they had no choice but to trade an unhappy player.
This is just the beginning. It is going to be an interesting off season.
And the second thing this means, team sources is letting the rest of the league know he is available again this next off season, and it is going to take a lot to get him (like more that what was offered last season). In other words, "Come strong, or don't come at all!!"
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