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  • Tomlin says addressing RB situation is a priority The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed veteran tight end Leonard Pope to a one-year contract. Terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, were not re... Expand +
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers signed free-agent TE Leonard Pope (Chiefs) to a one-year deal Tuesday, April 10. Financial terms weren't released. Huddle Up: Pope has become a journeyman and this could be... Expand +
  • The Steelers have signed veteran tight end Leonard Pope to a one-year contract. The 28-year-old Pope spent the previous three seasons with the Chiefs and coach Todd Haley, who is the new offensive ... Expand +
  • Steelers signed TE Leonard Pope to a one-year contract.
  • Free agent TE Leonard Pope will visit the Steelers Tuesday.
  • Chiefs TE Leonard Pope had one catch for 13 yards Saturday against Oakland in Week 16. He had one target in the game.
  • Chiefs TE Leonard Pope finished the Week 15 win over the Packers as Kansas City's leading receiver. Pope caught two passes from QB Kyle Orton for a team-high 72 yards in the contest. Pope's longest... Expand +
  • Chiefs TE Leonard Pope was once agin not much of a factor in Week 11 against the Patriots. Pope finished with three receptions for 26 yards in the 34-3 defeat.
  • Leonard Pope had three receptions for 26 yards against the Patriots in Week 11.
  • Kansas City TE Leonard Pope had three catches for 18 yards Sunday against Denver in Week 10. Pope had five targets in the game.
  • Chiefs TE Leonard Pope was not much of a factor in Week 8 against the Chargers. Pope hauled in just one reception in the 23-20 win, which went for 11 yards. It was his only target in the contest.
  • Chiefs TE Leonard Pope will be looking to make more of an impact on offense in Week 8 against the Chargers. Pope, who has hauled in 11 passes for 77 yards and a touchdown this season, failed to reg... Expand +
  • Kansas City TE Leonard Pope caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Matt Cassel on Sunday in the fourth quarter. He was also penalized for taking his helmet off after making the score. Pope was targete... Expand +
  • Chiefs TE Leonard Pope had a 19-yard touchdown taken away from him in the second quarter Week 1 against the Bills after the play was overturned following a challenge from the officials. The refs ru... Expand +
  • The Kansas City Chiefs have released TE Anthony Becht, thus officially clearing the way for Leonard Pope to start at tight end. Tony Moeaki went on IR with a torn ACL. Huddle Up: Pope has never be... Expand +
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2010: $630,000, 2011: Free Agent

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2009 Archive (Published August 2009)

 

Early Exit for the Pope?

There's no two ways about this one so we're just gonna say it; Leonard Pope is terrible.  Last year, he caught nine passes for 77 yards and no touchdowns on a team that was 2nd or 3rd in pretty much every passing stat in the NFL.  He wasn't even the leading tight-end on the Cardinals last year.  Ben Patrick (who?) caught 11 passes for 104 yards.

Pope did have a good year in 2007, catching 23 passes for 238 yards and five touchdowns, so many people thought he would go off last year.  Unfortunately for him, part of the problem is Kurt Warner.  Warner enjoys throwing to his TEs as much as Paul, Ringo, and George enjoyed Yoko Ono.  In Warner's 11-year career, Jeremy Shockey is the only tight-end to go for more than 431 yards in a season.  In fact, last year Pope was the 10th most targeted person on the team behind five wide receivers (including the great-named Early Doucet), three running backs, and Patrick.

 

Fantasy Outlook 2009

Pope has as much fantasy value as the real Pope in 2009.  He is an awful blocker, so he's not gonna increase his playing time that way.  The Cards also signed free agent TE Anthony Becht (a pretty respectable blocker) in the offseason to help with their awful running attack, and 2nd-year player Stephen Spach could be the best all-around tight-end on the team if he recovers from the ACL surgery he had in the offseason.  Pope is not even a lock to make the team with all the tight-ends in the mix.  That, coupled with the abundance of talent at wide receiver, makes Pope of no value fantasy-wise.  Don't even bother having him on your board.

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Injury Alert

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Pope has been nicked up in the past with ankle and knee issues. His tall frame puts added pressure on his joints and he can only take so much pounding.

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