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Steelers Sign Darrius Heyward-Bey

April 4th, 2014 at 12:33pm CST by Luke Adams

FRIDAY, 12:33pm: Heyward-Bey’s contract is a minimum salary benefit deal with a $65K signing bonus, tweets Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun.

WEDNESDAY, 12:24pm: Former seventh overall pick Darrius Heyward-Bey has agreed to terms with the Steelers, who announced today that they have signed the free agent wideout to a one-year contract (Twitter link).

Heyward-Bey, 27, spent the first four seasons of his NFL career with the Raiders after the team grabbed him with its 2009 first-round pick. However, despite flashing some promise in Oakland, the Maryland product didn’t put up a 1,000-yard season during his stint with the team and scored just 11 total touchdowns in four years. Heyward-Bey joined the Colts in 2013, but didn’t make a huge impression in Indianapolis either, grabbing 29 passes for 309 yards and a TD.

For the Steelers, Heyward-Bey will have an opportunity to help fill the holes left by departing free agents Emmanuel Sanders and Jerricho Cotchery. Pittsburgh also inked Lance Moore to a deal to help complement No. 1 receiver Antonio Brown.

FA Visits: Heyward-Bey, Wright, Ayers, Coleman

April 1st, 2014 at 5:14pm CST by Luke Adams

We heard this afternoon that veteran cornerback Champ Bailey is in New Orleans to meet with the Saints, but Bailey’s trip to Louisiana isn’t the only free agent visit that has been reported today. Let’s round up a few more….

  • Former top-10 pick Darrius Heyward-Bey is scheduled to visit the Steelers on Wednesday, tweets Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The former Raider grabbed 29 balls last season for the Colts.
  • Free agent safety Major Wright will meet with his old head coach Lovie Smith as he visits the Buccaneers today and tomorrow, says Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (via Twitter). Wright himself tweeted that he’s looking forward to seeing “familiar old faces in Tampa,” while Rapoport adds that the Bucs will look to sign the 25-year-old before he leaves town.
  • Howard Balzer of The SportsXchange passes along word of a pair of New York free agent visits, tweeting that the Giants hosted defensive end Robert Ayers and safety Kurt Coleman met with the Jets. Ayers was linked to the Giants earlier in the offseason.