He told reporters on Tuesday he wants to play another three to five years, health permitting, and 2018 third-round pick Mason Rudolph will be waiting a while before taking over as Pittsburgh’s starting QB.
“If he’s going to be their guy, that’s great, but in my perfect world it’s not going to be for a while,” Roethlisberger said, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Roethlisberger, 36, has been a modicum of health in his career, never playing fewer than 12 games in a season, and he said if things stay that way, he plans to run the offense for the better part of the next decade.
“I went and talked to Art [Rooney II] and coach [Mike Tomlin] and coach Randy [Fichtner] and basically said, ‘Listen, I can’t control – barring major injuries, barring things at home, and things out of your control – the way my body feels. The way our O-line is put together, as good as they are, they kept me healthy as can be the last couple years. I really feel I can play this game another three to five years.’
“I’ll still take it one year at a time and give it everything I have that one year, but that’s what I felt comfortable in telling them.”
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