And if not, then we got other options in our back pocket.

They still may exercise those other options.

Just depends on what those other options are.

Um, his number on the dead cap side is about 20 plus million dollars.

He's getting that money regardless, right, that that's money that he's already negotiated.

It's just when, when they say dead, that just means that there's nothing they could do about it.

It's there, on the books, the big numbers, the 41 million is that they cutting or or yeah, that's the only because they can't trade him.

So they cut him.

They're gonna get hit with a $41 million situation, and they're $22 million over the cap already.

So they've got Cem, Cem, Scharping of the pencil, so to speak, is they like to say Get down to it.

Yeah, they wanna move quick because March, I think on March 19th, Big, Big Ben is owed $15 million in roster bonus.

Right.

So I think you have to start moving quickly, and I think what they're doing here, they're trying to move on from Ben.

But in the right way, key.

If that's a bridge here, they're trying to get those cap numbers down because, look, this is not a Jerome better situation.

When Jerome Bettis came back for the final year, they had a legitimate chance to win it.

I have best see this team being the third best team in this division right behind the way Baltimore is gonna be.

It's just this is a bridge.

This is a gap situation.

And Big Ben, 17 years of service.

You won two Super Bowls.

We're trying to do the right thing, but it has to be within the best interests of the team.

I don't know that they're the third best team in the division.

I don't know that because they won the division last year and they went through a Situation Cove.

It they're playing one week.

They're not playing the next they gotta buy.

They don't have a by, Oh, my God, we need to move the team, All that sort of stuff.

They went through a lot this past season, so I'm not ready to say that.

The third best team.

I understand that we are excited about the Cleveland Browns.

I understand that the Pittsburgh are the Baltimore Ravens or are perennial playoff contenders.

Every single year, I get that, But I'm not quite ready to say that the Pittsburgh studios of the third best team in the division.

Just what's the run game?

I feel like, you know, Granite.

They mystical.

By weeks, they retire.

But end of the year the Ravens were playing better and the Browns were playing better.

So I'm just projecting into next year.

Cleveland set up.

It was like a piece of way when we talked about that is, are we saying that Pittsburgh is a piece away?

We keep saying about Baltimore.

Hey, all he needs is one big time receiver because their defense is out there.

They're like, Uh, that's what I'm wondering about the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Even though they were undefeated, this is where we all This is what the off season is for the off season is.

Get people back healthy on the defensive side of the ball.

For them they've lost.

They lost two or three major pieces on the defense side due to injury.

It's about it's about well, but the pre Devin Busch.

I mean, so when you start, Joe Hayden was in and out of the lineup.

When you start to get guys back healthy, and then you sure up your running game because you're showing up the offensive line.

Uh, which pounds he was there, Marky Mark.

Eso.

So when you think about replacing him and J and Juju Smith, which was really your 2nd 3rd receiver, you go ahead and you get you another guy to fall in line there.

If you can't resign him.

Are you trying to liken Allah Robinson type of player?

I mean, it depends on what the number $22 million over the cap.

What are the financial numbers?

I mean, you know, Pittsburgh has never been shy about drafting young receivers.

You know, Claypool, Trace Claypool's there.

James Washington is there.

Johnson's there, so they may decide that that they're gonna run those three back and allow a guy like Juju to hit the free agent market because they're not willing to pay that number for that type of production and they get out of him.

So I'm not.

I'm just not ready to say that a team is third when they won last year.

Their division last couple things, of course, starting the season 11 and over in the NFL's last undefeated team.

Last two things.

I did a little work while you guys were chatting on September 26 2004.

You were likely sitting in Dallas because you played a Monday night game with the team formally called the Washington Redskins, that next night Washington At Dallas, you caught one pass for 23 yards.

Vinny targeted you eight times but apparently wasn't able to put it on the money many times.

But that was what you were doing.

We're putting that on Vinny or we're putting out a way to put it on the way.

Yeah, I'll tell you here in one second last thing, I would say this is the funny thing about Ben Roethlisberger in the world in which we live.

You know where he went to school, right?

You did win 21 18.

Hung on for the three point win.

Another three point NFL game.

J Last thing I would tell you.

Ben Roethlisberger went to Miami of Ohio that first game here.

Where his numbers.

12 for 22 by the way, a win against Miami when he played in Miami of Ohio.

He's 12 for 22 for a buck.

63.

1 touchdown, one pick.

I'm only slightly exaggerating.

It been big Ben played today.

We'd come on the air Monday and be like this guy.

This guy sucks.

He went to Miami of how you knew he shouldn't address.

Get the two of treatment.

I'm already off the train 1 63 By the way, that say about those numbers and by the Yeah, you're right.

That's That's the league today.

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