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2702969, RE: What?!?!?!
Posted by ThaTruth, Wed Sep-11-19 10:55 AM
>Antonio Brown is as far as I can remember the only Steelers
>player to get an extension with 2 years left on his deal
>that's a non QB when he got extended in 2012. The essentially
>gave him the deal that Mike Wallace didn't want. The QB
>position is the only position that gets guaranteed money after
>the first year in Pittsburgh too. It's not a race
>thing.....it's a business thing.
>
>They gave Kordell Stewart an extension when he was playing
>like absolute shit.

They trashed Kordell for XFL reject Tommy Maddox which led them to drafting Ben.

>They offer top dollar to their top end players. the top 10
>players on their roster are some of the highest paid in the
>league at their positions. They just don't want to give the
>guaranteed money. That has less to do with race and more to
>do it with business.

AB wanted what he was worth, so did Le'Veon. We'll see how great Big Ben is without those 2 around.