It looked for a large portion of last offseason like defensive end Brett Keisel’s long career had reached its final act, but the Steelers re-signed him in August and Keisel played a 13th season.
That season came to a premature end when he tore his triceps in November, although the injury doesn’t appear to have accelerated his thoughts about drawing his career to an end. Keisel, speaking at a charity event headlined by the shaving of Keisel’s impressive beard, acknowledged that the end of the line is “getting close,” but he’s rehabbing his injury like he’ll be back in 2015.
“I’ve been preparing for when that day comes, and by ‘that day’ I mean the end,” Keisel said, via ESPN.com. “But right now I’m under contract and I’m going to rehab and see [how] things turn out.”
Keisel has an affordable deal that calls for $1.5 million for next season and he played better than some of Pittsburgh’s younger defensive linemen in 2014, so Pittsburgh may be interested in a 14th year with Keisel up front.
