These last 2 weeks have nothing short of glorious if you’re a Steelers fan. Ramon Foster and David Johnson sign their tender offers, Jerricho Cotchery is brought back on a 2 yr. deal and a reserve Tight End Leonard Pope comes over from Kansas City. And now today as was previously reported, Charlie Batch is back for his annual contract to backup Ben Roethlisberger. How can you not love that!
Then, not to be outdone, today the remaining restricted free agents all signed their 1 yr. offers from the team. Keenan Lewis, Ryan Mundy both will return in 2012 as well as exclusive rights free agents Isaac Redman, Jeremy Kapinos and Steve McLendon also agree to their contracts*. It’s a flurry of activity from the front office to get all those players under contract as the draft gets closer and closer.
Ok, maybe it wasn’t quite on the standards of glorious or even epic but it was good news nonetheless as the roster for the new team begins to take shape. Sprinkle in some draft …
Source: Yardbarker: Pittsburgh Steelers