We’ll find out for sure sometime in the next seven weeks if Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be back for at least the 2021 season, the final year of his current contract. However, ahead of Roethlisberger actually announcing his 2021 intentions, NFL insider John Clayton let it be known on Wednesday during an interview on 93.7 The Fan that the Steelers quarterback will indeed be back for an 18th season.
“Yes, I am, one hundred percent,” Clayton said Wednesday when asked if he’s certain Roethlisberger will be back with the Steelers in 2021. “Now, again, unless he decides, which he’s not, that he wants to retire, but no, I think he’s definitely going to be there with the team and that’s everything that I hear and that’s where it should be.