Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell (Pittsburgh Steelers)
The 2017 NFL season might mark the last that this trio takes the field. Big Ben is seriously tossing around the idea of retiring after this year. He won’t commit to life as a Steeler past 2017.
In the meantime, Roethlisberger, Brown and Bell should keep offering a one, two, three punch. Big Ben is about as tough as quarterbacks get and Pittsburgh’s offense ranked seventh in scoring last year.
The team will look to continue the trend with superstars Brown and Bell doing what they do best. That would be piling up truck loads of yards and touchdowns. Brown is coming off a 2016 season that saw him record 106 catches for 1,284 yards and 12 touchdowns. As a result of his last four amazing years of production, the Steelers made Brown the highest-paid receiver in the league.
Bell is up for a new mega-deal as well. This will be the motivation for him to continue producing stellar numbers. During the course of just 12 games in 2016, Bell recorded a total of 1,884 yards and nine touchdowns. That equated to 157 yards on average per tilt. This is a pretty impressive feather for Bell to wear in his cap.
Steelers fans can only hope a groin surgery Bell is recuperating from will not hamper his 2017 production.
For now, the Steelers are a team that must win now in order to take advantage of what could be Roethlisberger’s final year. If everyone stays healthy, Big Ben, Brown and Bell stand to finish 2017 as potentially the best offensive power trio in the league.