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Steelers won't keep Hines Ward
The Pittsburgh Steelers, with a Hines Ward roster-bonus deadline fast approaching, have decided not to keep the veteran receiver, the NFL Network has reported, citing unnamed sources.
Ward, who lost his starting job in 2011, was scheduled to make $4 million in the last two years of his contract but has said he was willing to take a pay cut.
A decision is required by March 1 to satisfy a clause in his contract.
"I plan on playing with the Pittsburgh Steelers and going from there," Ward said Thursday during Super Bowl week.
Speaking at the media center in Indianapolis, Ward called reports about his possible retirement "rumors," reiterating he wants to play next season.
Asked if he wanted to play three, four or five more years, the 35-year-old Ward laughed and said, "I don't know about that long."
Source: AP
Ward, who lost his starting job in 2011, was scheduled to make $4 million in the last two years of his contract but has said he was willing to take a pay cut.
A decision is required by March 1 to satisfy a clause in his contract.
"I plan on playing with the Pittsburgh Steelers and going from there," Ward said Thursday during Super Bowl week.
Speaking at the media center in Indianapolis, Ward called reports about his possible retirement "rumors," reiterating he wants to play next season.
Asked if he wanted to play three, four or five more years, the 35-year-old Ward laughed and said, "I don't know about that long."
Source: AP