The Steelers have signed 30-year old WR Antwan Randle El to a 3-year deal.  Randle El played in all 16 games for the Redskins last season and he caught 50 passes for 530 yards (10.6 avg).  He also returned 17 punts for 102 yards (6.0 avg) last year.  Randle El has now played in 127 games in his NFL career and he has caught 348 passes for 4,214 yards (12.1 avg) with 15 TD grabs.  He also has carried the ball 78 times for 436 yards (5.6 ypc) in his NFL career.  Randle El has also completed 20 of 25 passes (80%) for 281 yards with 4 TD passes and 0 INTs (153.1 QB Rating) in his NFL career.  That’s not all either as Randle El has returned 297 punts for 2,501 yards (8.4 avg) with 5 TD returns and he has returned 79 kickoffs for 1,759 yards (22.3 avg) with 1 TD return.  I like this signing for the Steelers as Randle El can fill a lot of roles for them in 2010 and beyond.

The Steelers have signed 30-year old WR Arnaz Battle to a 3-year deal.  Battle played in 15 games for the 49ers last season and he caught 5 passes for 40 yards (8.0 avg).  Battle also returned 3 kickoffs for 68 yards (22.7 avg) and 21 punts for 61 yards (2.9 avg) last season.  Battle also helps out on coverage teams as he had 9 tackles and he forced a fumble last season.  Battle has now played in 88 games in his NFL career and he has caught 178 passes for 2,150 yards (12.1 avg) with 11 TD grabs.  Battle also returned 64 punts for 446 yards (7.0 avg) with a TD return and 22 kickoffs for 441 yards (20.0 avg) in his NFL career.  Battle has 33 tackles and he has forced a fumble in his NFL career.  Battle is no more than a #4 WR but he is a hell of a lot better than Limas Sweed.  The Steelers really inked Battle for his special teams work and for that reason I like this signing.

The Steelers have signed 27-year old OT Jonathan Scott.  Scott played in 10 games (8 starts) with the Bills last season.  He has now played in 30 games (14 starts) in his four years in the NFL with the Lions & Bills.  Scott has nice size at 6′6″, 318 pounds but if he wasn’t good enough to be a full-time starter for the Lions or Bills I wonder what makes the Steelers’ front office think that he was worth signing?  The Steelers could have and should have done better.

The Steelers have signed 27-year old safety Will Allen to a 3-year deal.  Allen played in 8 games for the Buccaneers last season and he made 20 tackles and defensed 1 pass.  He has now played in 84 games in his NFL career and he has made 195 tackles, defensed 8 passes, forced 2 fumbles and he has 4 interceptions.  I really don’t like this signing much as Allen wasn’t good enough to play much for the Buccaneers and that says quite a bit about his talent level.

The Steelers have lost long snapper Greg Warren for the rest of the year.  He played in all 14 games (0 starts) for the Steelers this season.  He has now played in 69 games (0 starts) in his five years with the Steelers.  The Steelers have signed Jared Retkofsky to replace Warren as the long snapper and he has played for them before.  He should do a decent job for them the rest of the way.