According to Ben’s agent, Mr. Ryan Toller this afternoon, Ben has agreed to restructure his contract to help the Steelers get under the salary cap.

The Steelers organization has not yet confirmed the deal.

Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote earlier today that, “the team is attempting to restructure the contracts of five players to get under the $120 million salary cap by Thursday. If they do so, the team may not have to release any more players.”



This weekend:

ESPN‘s Monday Night Football commentators Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski will host “Year of the Quarterback SportsCenter Special: The Total Quarterback Rating” on Friday, August 5th at 8:00 PM.

The one-hour program will formally unveil ESPN’s new quarterback rating system. The program will also include insight from current NFL quarterbacks Matt Cassel, Joe Flacco, Matt Hasselbeck, Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Ryan, Tim Tebow and Michael Vick.


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