Do NOT trade Ben!!!!!!!

[hawaiiansteel]

Franchise QBs do not grow on trees.

Yes, Ben has made a few mistakes, but Ben deserves another chance and if he effs up again i'll be all for trading him.

Mr. Rooney, please give Ben one more chance to redeem himself. I'm sure if you do that Ben will not let Steeler Nation down again.

[Oviedo]

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[SteelBucks]

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I wish cooler heads would prevail here and that the FO doesn't do anything stupid. This trade talk is making me nervous. Trading Ben would set back this organization for years.

[aggiebones]

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I say load down this thread for Mr. Rooney that has stated that he checks the pulse of the franchise sometimes on the message board.
Surely he's seen all the boobs demanding a trade because a guy showed his pecker and they are embarrassed.
I say those in favor of keeping him, sign on here. It's not my thread but I can pimp someone else's thread.

Here Here to keeping him.
He's our willy flashing drunken boob and noone else can have him!

[proudpittsburgher]

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I agree, I agree, I agree. That is all.

[SteelAbility]

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Ben is a once-every-25-year talent. There's not enough on the table to warrant dealing him. Another chance. I believe he'll start using better judgment and the ship will steady. I also think he comes back on the field with a fury performance-wise.

[aggiebones]

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decades

[ramblinjim]

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I agree, do I want Ben to watch my 22 year old neice, no. But he can throw a football for my favorite football team.

[isonator07]

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Franchise QBs do not grow on trees.

Yes, Ben has made a few mistakes, but Ben deserves another chance and if he effs up again i'll be all for trading him.

Mr. Rooney, please give Ben one more chance to redeem himself. I'm sure if you do that Ben will not let Steeler Nation down again.

If he screws up again what do you think we get outta him? This might be a case of cutting losses and taking what they can get now.

I'm not in the group that wants to see him go, but another incident and he has zero value IMO. If he goes anywhere I hope its Oak for thier rd 1 pick and Nnamdi. But who the heck knows what his actual value is to other teams.

[ikestops85]

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Bobby Layne
Sonny Jurgenson
Joe Namath

They have all displayed worse conduct than Ben yet they are considered league icons.



KEEP BEN

[Snatch98]

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Tomorrow is going to be nerve racking. Every time trade pops up on the ticker I'm going to nearly sh.it my pants for the entire first round. Hopefully it doesn't happen often. Big Ben getting traded will be a catastrophic mistake.

[steelblood]

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I'll support the Steelers even if we trade him. I wish I knew more about the cases. If the Rooneys don't feel like he will change, they must trade him. If they think he will, they should keep him.

[snarky]

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NFLN reporting that part of Goodel's process was to talk to current and former team mates about Ben. Given that the punishment was coordinated between the league and the team, I think it's possible that what emerged is that this behavior is not isolated to one, two or three incidents but is, instead, a trend. And if that's the case maybe they think it is smarter in the long run to get what they can and move on.

[hawaiiansteel]

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i'm gonna cry if we send Ben to the Raiders just so we can move up from #18 to #8...





Steelers discuss Roethlisberger deal with Raiders; Rams say no

By Jason La Canfora | NFL.com


The Pittsburgh Steelers have stepped up their efforts to trade two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, but the Oakland Raiders might be the only real option.

The Steelers were rebuffed by the St. Louis Rams over the weekend, but a league source said Wednesday that they also have contacted the Raiders, who need a veteran quarterback and tried to land Donovan McNabb before the Philadelphia Eagles traded him to the Washington Redskins earlier this month.


The Raiders have a history of taking on troubled players such as Roethlisberger, who received a six-game suspension Wednesday for violating the NFL's personal-conduct policy. Also, Roethlisberger's contract isn't hefty and would be easy to absorb in a trade.

The Steelers had a brief conversation with the Rams, according to a league source, but they weren't interested in acquiring Roethlisberger. The Steelers wanted to send Roethlisberger to the Rams as part of a package to move up to No. 1 overall in this week's draft and select Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford.

That could make the Raiders the only fit. The Steelers are open to packaging Roethlisberger and the No. 18 pick to move up in the draft. The Raiders own the No. 8 selection.

Steelers president Art Rooney II declined to comment about any possibility of trading Roethlisberger.

"As we've said before, we really can't answer questions about trades, especially this time of year," Rooney said during a conference call. "We go into every draft with the idea to do anythying we can to make our team a better football team. We just have to stick with that and not discuss trades in advance."

Despite Roethlisberger's issues, the Steelers want decent value in return for the quarterback. But given the six-game suspension and the limited interest in Roethlisberger, team sources view a deal as extremely remote, if not impossible.

The Buffalo Bills also pick in the top 10 and need a quarterback, but they don't appear interested in Roethlisberger at this time. Doug Whaley, a former executive in Pittsburgh, moved to Buffalo this offseason to work with general manager Buddy Nix, but the Steelers don't expect him to recommend Roethlisberger to his new team because he would harbor some of the same reservations that they do.

The Cleveland Browns have the No. 7 pick and lack a long-term solution at quarterback, but the Steelers wouldn't trade Roethlisberger to an AFC North rival, according to a team source. That also was the Steelers' position with wide receiver Santonio Holmes, who was dealt to the New York Jets earlier this month.


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[SteelCrazy]

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Maybe we need to voice our opinions......here are a few contact numbers:

Administrative Offices
3400 South Water St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15203-2349
(412) 432-7800
Fax: 412-432-7878


Marketing Offices
100 Art Rooney Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5721
(412) 697-7700
Fax: (412) 697-7701

Send mail to:
Steelers Ticket Office
P.O. Box 6763
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Ticket office phone: (412) 323-1200


PSSI Stadium Corporation
Heinz Field
900 Art Rooney Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5721
(412) 697-7150
412-697-7151