Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II wants Troy Polamalu to finish career with team

Discussion in 'Pittsburgh Steelers' started by Sportsguy, Jan 16, 2014.

  1. Sportsguy

    Sportsguy AKA-Sportsguy9695

    More change is coming to a Steelers defense that declined in 2013, but the turnover apparently won't include the player who has been the face of the franchise for the past decade.

    Team president Art Rooney II expects strong safety Troy Polamalu to finish his career with Pittsburgh, something he said about quarterback Ben Roethlisberger two weeks ago.

    "We would very much love to have Troy retire as a Steeler and expect that he will," Rooney said during a conference call with season-ticket holders. "He's obviously been one of the great Steelers of all time."

    Polamalu, who turns 33 in April, has one year left on his contract and is scheduled to make $8.25 million in 2014. Rooney strongly indicated the Steelers will have to restructure Polamalu's contract to comply with the league's salary cap, but he said the team will find a way to make it happen.

    "As we try to piece together next year and our salary cap, there are a lot of pieces to the puzzle," Rooney said, "but I certainly expect Troy will be one of the pieces of that puzzle."

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  2. 86WARD

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    He was playing at a pretty nice level this season. $8.25M a year level? Questionable...