All About The Ben-Jamins:Roethlisberger Cashes In

Big Ben, feel free to dance on a few tables. Following a marred 2006 season which was ruined by an off season motorcycle accident, and a appendectomy Big Ben Roethlisberger put some rubber in his back pocket and bounced right back into the 2007 season. Posting a team-record and personal best 32 touchdown passes and completing 65 percent of his passes Big Ben led the Pittsburgh Steelers to an AFC North title and his third playoff appearance in four seasons. Those accomplishments alongside the fact that Roethlisberger, was the Offensive rookie of the year in his first season and is the youngest quarterback to win an NFL Championship was enough for the Steelers organization to give him an 8-year, $102 million dollar contract. The contract, which includes more than $36 million in guarantees and is easily the largest in team history, places Big Ben among the game’s highest-paid players. He also joins Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Carson Palmer and Donovan McNabb in the $100 million quarterback club. Not bad company either. Must be the money!

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