PITTSBURGH -- For months, Ben Roethlisberger stayed quiet as Antonio Brown questioned his loyalty and ex-teammates questioned his leadership. Fighting back in the mud pit did him little good.
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ sizable raise just before the draft speaks loudly for him. Roethlisberger’s three-year extension worth $80 million places him among the highest-paid quarterbacks in the league based on new money worth well north of $30 million per year for the two new years (Roethlisberger had one year left on his previous deal at a $12 million salary, which was reworked into this deal).