Just a few years ago, it looked like Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger might be done in a year or two, but now it's really unclear how long he will last, and general manager Kevin Colbert doesn't think he has an expiration date. Roethlisberger turned 37 years old just a few months ago, but Colbert doesn't think his age needs to be a talking point.

“I know he doesn’t have an expiration date,” Steelers G.M. Kevin Colbert recently told the #PFTPM podcast. “We just felt that that was a foreseeable future that we were able to do, and he was agreeable to. But I’m sure that he doesn’t have an expiration date. I know that he’s still very competitive. He still wants to do this at a high level. . . .”

Colbert points out that Roethlisberger doesn't need money or to prove anything more in the league, but he just wants to win and more specifically win more Super Bowls and that's what drives him at this point for the Steelers.

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“He doesn’t need money, he doesn’t need Hall of Fame credentials in my opinion. He’s already achieved both of those. What he wants is more Super Bowls. And he wants to continue to try to win, and we’re gonna support that. And that was a big part of why we were willing to do what we did, and now it’s our job to help him help us get there.”

Even though the Steelers don't want to talk about Roethlisberger retiring, that is still a conversation that needs to be had because he isn't going to be playing forever and once he does hang up the cleats, they need someone ready to step in.