Wednesday, July 30, 2008
LATROBE, Pa. — There’s no hiding it: The Steelers are Big Ben’s team. Not Jerome Bettis’ team or Alan Faneca’s team or Hines Ward’s team, but one that now relies on No. 7.
“Absolutely,” said new center Justin Hartwig, citing the most visible example of what the Steelers think about Ben Roethlisberger. “One million dollars is a lot of money.”
That’s $102 million to be precise, though the 26-year-old Roethlisberger probably won’t see all of it. A nice chunk of it, $36 million, is guaranteed, including the $25.5 million signing bonus.