Ben's contract to wait til next year.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...rs-holding-new-deal-ben-roethlisberger-season
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...rs-holding-new-deal-ben-roethlisberger-season
Also makes sense from an injury perspective as well. Should he take a bad hit or have something happen to his arm this season he will be worth a drastically different price than he would be other wise. Should any of the two scenarios I mentioned above come to pass he may not get signed to an extension until he can show himself to be healthy,
If memory serves, Ben took every snap last year and this year the OL and running game should be even better.
I think it's more a matter of 1) the team needs to see where they are with the cap next year and 2) "Hey Ben, you notice that Joe Flacco had another ****** year since he got the big money because they can't afford to keep anyone good around him?"