Cotchery Resigns 2 year deal

[calmkiller]

Great Signing. Vet receiver we needed.

Absolutely love [URL="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23Steelers"]#Steelers[/URL] re-signing Cotchery. Thought wait until Apr 20. 2-yr deal better than 3-yr I thought it would take. Guess $3M

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[BURGH86STEEL]

Solid depth with experience.

[costanza2k1]

excellent news!

[SteelBucks]

HUGE! Especially with Hines retiring and Sanders' injury history.

[grotonsteel]

Good News. I think Steelers needed a veteran WR.

[phillyesq]

This is a very good signing. Of the remaining receivers out there, Cotchery was probably the best of the bunch. Having a reliable veteran as injury insurance for Sanders, and in 4 WR sets as a guy who can move the chains, is a nice asset. It certainly isn't a flashy move, but this is the type of underrated signing that contributes to the Steelers' success.

[Sugar]

I'm loving this news. Glad to hear he's staying. He really seems to solidify an otherwise young WR corps.

[TD386Steel]

I like it, lets hope that Sanders stays healthy though.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Yeah, bay-bee...great news...

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

Great news but kind of surprising. With all of the teams needing WR help out there, how is it that this guy is available to come back as our #4 WR? Both in terms of PT and money value.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Great news but kind of surprising. With all of the teams needing WR help out there, how is it that this guy is available to come back as our #4 WR? Both in terms of PT and money value.

He hated the locker room atmosphere with the Jets and loved the locker room atmosphere with the Steelers. Why risk going someplace new where it may be dysfunctional again and you'll be miserable, when you already know what you have here (and like it). It's not as if he would be any team's top option anyway (or likely anyone's #2 either). So if you are deciding whether to go somewhere else and be their #3, or stay here and be our #4 (which might be a de facto #3 judging by how often Manny Sanders is injured), he decided to stay where he was happy.

[Slapstick]

Good move for both parties...

If you're curious as to why Cotchery would agree to be a Steeler, lok no further than Chris Hoke's quote when he resigned with the Steelers in 2007:

"I feel like they (the Steelers) respect what I do," Hoke told the Valley Independent of Monessen, one of the few newspapers that bothered to interview him after his signing. "It would be fun to start, but the thought of going somewhere else -- you might not mesh with the coaching staff or the players or the organization, and the next thing you know you're out the door in a year or two."

[NottinghamForest_UK]

Buzzing, Excellent news!

[aggiebones]

Teams know that taking Steelers doesn't work out for ANYONE these days. We actually have a team and each fills a void. We keep the stars and the others do a good job or holding their own. But when someone takes them thinking they are a budding star, they are unhappy and out a bunch of money. Redskins, Cardinals, Browns and Bengals. All taking our leftovers. We have even shown that when these players get cut from their new teams, that we will take them back and they do well. Foote, Randle El, etc.

[winwithd]

This is really big, especially since I just read that Adam Schefter reports Wallace has no intention of signing his one-year tender. He could be sitting out a long time.