PITTSBURGH – Add running back to the position at which the Steelers have a need.
Jonathan Dwyer has signed a one-year contact with the Arizona Cardinals, leaving the Steelers with depth issues behind Le’Veon Bell.
Dwyer wrote on his Twitter account on Wednesday night:
@steelers thank you for everything to the staff the Rooneys first class organization and once a steeler always a Steeler. #SteelersNation
— Jonathan Dwyer (@JDwyer27) March 13, 2014
Dwyer, released at the end of the 2013 preseason, re-signed with the Steelers in September and rushed for 197 yards on 49 carries while backing up Bell.
Dwyer, ironically, will provide depth at running back for the Cardinals following the retirement of former Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall.
The only other running back on the Steelers' roster is Alvester Alexander, who spent all of last season on the practice squad.
Felix Jones and LaRod Stephens-Howling, who tore his ACL in the Steelers’ season opener last season, are both unrestricted free agents.
The Steelers have lost three free agents, with defensive end Al Woods signing with the Titans, tight end David Johnson signing with the Chargers and Dwyer becoming the latest former Steelers player to relocate to Arizona.
