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10. Ben Roethlisberger Wants to Play Until He’s 40

After many months of retirement rumors, the Steelers quarterback said he wants to play “another three to five years” if his body and the Steelers’ offensive line can both stay intact.

Sure, the third-round selection of Mason Rudolph may have prompted Roethlisberger’s declaration—even though, if the Steelers really believed Rudolph had a strong chance to supplant their future Hall of Fame QB, they would have drafted him in the first or perhaps even second round, not the third.