Steelers CB Taylor is expecting contract extension

The Pittsburgh Steelers do not seem like to offer eighth year veteran cornerback Ike Taylor in near future. Actually, there is not even any talk in progress, although Taylor is already in his final year of his current contract, which is worth $23.75 million. So the starting cornerback is hoping that a talk could be started within this year.

"Deep down in my heart, I want to retire as a Steeler," Taylor told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I've been here seven years. I'm a Steeler all the way. But it's on them if we can agree — be on the same page. If not, I've gotta move on."

It’s hard to say whether the Steelers would retain Taylor before the contract expires. The team has a tradition to let free agents go, no matter how accomplished the free agents were. But one the other side, Taylor has good relationship with team owner Dan Rooney and got supports from defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau, who recently said publicly that the team would not let Taylor go. Who knows? Even the Green Bay Packers let their favorite quarterback to put on another team’s version of Brett Favre jersey after he failed to win a second Super Bowl title, and Taylor really needs to pray and offer something to keep his job with the Steelers.