Big Ben Vows To Help Steelers With $41M Cap Hit

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

They have to be classy about it whenever it’s over for Ben. But to just pay him big doe when the lines and the linebacker corps is being rebuilt for the future is just wasting money and delaying us in aggressively looking for our QB of the future.

I agree that it is a sensitive topic regarding Ben's eventual final move. I also don't know how they will approach him behind closed doors, and I don't consider the hints in the media to necessarily mean anything.

Maybe they will bring him back and bend to his requests to bring Maurkice back
Maybe they offer to bring him back at a pay cut
Maybe they place their vision on the table and tell him that is how it will be, take it or leave it
Maybe they tell him that they don't want him to return. Either tell the public that after discussing it with your family you have come to that decision or we will cut you and you can look for a team in free agency.

As entertaining as it is to have a team who does everything through the media and has their training camp on TV for the world to see, the smarter teams conduct business behind closed doors without us knowing what really happens.

[NorthCoast]

Sure.
He says he would want the exact same team back next year.

There's no way he could want that running game back this year.