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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said Friday that he is "leaning towards" returning to play in 2017.
According to Dale Lolley of the Observer-Reporter, Big Ben made the promising comment regarding his 2017 status at the Ignite Men's Impact Weekend conference at Liberty University.
Roethlisberger's NFL future came into question in January when he said the following on 93.7 The Fan's the Cook and Poni Show (h/t CBS Pittsburgh): "I'm going to take this offseason to evaluate, to consider all options.