The Steelers have acquired 28-year old CB Bryant McFadden from the Cardinals for a 5th round pick.  McFadden played in all 16 games for the Cardinals last season and he had 69 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss and he defensed 15 passes.  He has played in 67 games (51 with the Steelers) in his NFL career in which he has 204 tackles, he has defensed 47 passes, has 2 sacks, forced 1 fumble and he has 7 interceptions (1 returned for a TD).  The Steelers have to be ecstatic to get McFadden back for 2010 as their corners stunk it up last season.

The Steelers have acquired 30-year old QB Byron Leftwich from the Buccaneers for a 7th round pick in this weekend’s NFL Draft.  Leftwich played in 5 games for the Steelers back in 2008 so he will likely have no problem remembering the playbook.  Leftwich played in 3 games for the Buccaneers last season in which he completed 58 of 107 passes (54.2%) for 594 yards with 4 TD passes and 3 INTs (71.2 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 6 times for 6 yards (1.0 ypc) last season.  He has now played in 57 games in his NFL career in which he has completed 900 of 1,545 passes (58.3%) for 10,218 yards with 58 TD passes and 41 INTs (79.6 QB Rating).  He has also carried the ball 136 times for 384 yards (2.8 ypc) with 9 TD runs in his NFL career.  This was a good move for whatever reason the Steelers had for making it.  With Ben Roethlisberger’s suspension being announced tomorrow, Leftwich’s acquistion could signal that it’s a long suspension.  The Steelers could also be considering moving Roethlisberger in a trade this weekend.