stillers4me
03-23-2014, 08:40 AM
Two National Football League teams committed $21 million to sign a pair of defensive ends from a run defense that ranked in the bottom half of the league in 2013.
And while the Steelers weren't interested in chasing Ziggy Hood in free agency -- especially at the price the Jacksonville Jaguars paid for his services (four years, $16 million) -- they would have preferred to keep backup Al Woods from signing a two-year, $5 million contract with the Tennessee Titans.
But they didn't know Woods was all but sneaking out the back door on them.
The Steelers, apparently, were unaware Woods -- an unrestricted free agent -- was going to visit other NFL teams. According to a team source, they had told Woods to let them know if he were planning to shop himself around because they would have preferred to re-sign him and keep him from visiting other teams........
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/03/23/Steelers-defensive-linemen-building-on-a-fault-line/stories/201403230121#ixzz2wnDriuuC
And while the Steelers weren't interested in chasing Ziggy Hood in free agency -- especially at the price the Jacksonville Jaguars paid for his services (four years, $16 million) -- they would have preferred to keep backup Al Woods from signing a two-year, $5 million contract with the Tennessee Titans.
But they didn't know Woods was all but sneaking out the back door on them.
The Steelers, apparently, were unaware Woods -- an unrestricted free agent -- was going to visit other NFL teams. According to a team source, they had told Woods to let them know if he were planning to shop himself around because they would have preferred to re-sign him and keep him from visiting other teams........
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/03/23/Steelers-defensive-linemen-building-on-a-fault-line/stories/201403230121#ixzz2wnDriuuC