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*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** The Steelers brought back one of Ben Roethlisberger’s backups on Monday when they re-signed Charlie Batch to a one-year deal. The team made the announcement on Monday afternoon. It will be Batch’s 11th year in Pittsburgh, which is the second-longest current tenure of…
As a second-round draft pick of the Steelers in 2008, wide receiver Limas Sweed was a major disappointment, catching a grand total of seven passes for 69 yards in 20 games before being released after suffering Achilles and shoulder injuries. He hasn’t played in a regular-season game since late in 2009, but Sweed’s NFL career……
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** With the recent rumblings that a bunch of teams are interested in trading for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace, Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette doesn’t see it happening. I agree with Bouchette, the Steelers won’t go out of their way to trade…
Veteran receiver Jerricho Cotchery, who slid into Hines Ward’s role in Pittsburgh last year, could be filling those duties again. Especially since Ward is gone, and now Cotchery is back. Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reports that Cotchery has agreed to terms on a two-year deal. The former Jet drew interest from……
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** After hours of even more tape watching and researching more on the pro days, my latest Pittsburgh Steelers mock draft version 4.0 is now complete. I have battled back and forth with myself, as I do with every mock draft, on the first…
The Steelers have brought back two of their own unrestricted free agents in the last two days. Wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery returned to the team on Wednesday and Thursday brings news that offensive lineman Trai Essex’s has re-signed with the Steelers. Essex broke the news on his Twitter account that he’ll remain with the team……
The Steelers have BYU defensive tackle Hebron Fangupo and Wayne State safety Jeremy Jones in for pre draft visits on Friday to close out the week according to a tweet by Steelers Digest. Fangupo measured in at the combine at 6011 and weighed 323 pounds. He ran the 40 in 5.18 seconds to go along…
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** The Steelers brought back three offensive lineman this week in Ramon Foster, Doug Legursky and Trai Essex. All three players are back on one year deals; Foster and Legursky signed their restricted free agent tenders and Essex signed a one year deal to…
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** The Steelers love to sign players to long term deals during training camp and preseason. Last year was one for the ages with Lamarr Woodley, Lawrence Timmons, and Troy Polamalu all inking deals close to the start of the season as well as…
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** Another day, another restricted free agent signs a one-year contract to stay with his former team. Steelers offensive linemen Doug Legursky said on his Twitter page (via Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) that Legursky has signed his tender and is now under…