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  • Steelers running back Baron Batch, a 2011 draftee who never made it past the opening week of training camp due to season-ending ACL surgery, wasn't cleared to join 40 first-year players and rookies... Expand +
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers re-signed exclusive-rights free-agent RB Isaac Redman Monday, April 16. Huddle Up: Not many running backs will be as glued to the TV on Draft day as Redman. With Rashard Me... Expand +
  • Pittsburgh Steelers RB Isaac Redman could have a significant role in 2012 if Rashard Mendenhall is not fully recovered from his ACL injury. Huddle Up: Mendenhall tore his ACL in the season finale.... Expand +
  • Coach Mike Tomlin confirmed Tuesday the Steelers expect Rashard Mendenhall (torn ACL) to play in 2012, but conceded he may begin the year on the PUP list.
  • Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert clarified his thoughts on running back Rashard Mendenhall after the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the team wasn't expected to have the rusher back at ... Expand +
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers expect RB Rashard Mendenhall to play in 2012. However, what they don't know is when or in what capacity. Mendenhall tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the team's 2011 r... Expand +
  • Steelers GM Kevin Colbert expects Rashard Mendenhall (torn ACL) to play in 2012.
  • The Steelers are preparing to play without running back Rashard Mendenhall in 2012, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. General manager Kevin Colbert has already said he'd consider it a "bonu... Expand +
  • According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Steelers "do not believe (Rashard Mendenhall) will be of much use" during the 2012 season.
  • Pittsburgh Steelers OT Willie Colon restructured his contract for the upcoming season in order to ease the team's salary cap concerns. $3.8 million of his $4.5 million 2012 contract has been prorat... Expand +
  • Steelers RB recovering from ACL injury A torn ACL brought a premature end to Rashard Mendenhall's 2011 season. A right knee injury sustained by the Steelers' running back may also sideline ... Expand +
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers are playing it safe, preparing for the worst. We've seen players return to the field nine months after tearing their anterior cruciate ligament. But general manager Kevin Co... Expand +
  • Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert said there is a chance RB Rashard Mendenhall will start next season on the Physically Unable to Perform list. Huddle Up: Colbert also said somethi... Expand +
  • Steelers GM Kevin Colbert said Monday that there's a good chance RB Rashard Mendenhall will start the season on the Physically Unable to Perform list. If so, he'd be forced to miss at least the fir... Expand +
  • At his Monday press conference, Steelers GM Kevin Colbert talked up Isaac Redman as a potential answer in the backfield should Rashard Mendenhall (ACL surgery) miss a large chunk of the 2012 season.
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Rashard Mendenhall

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Handcuff 2010

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Contract

Mendenhall signed a five-year, $9.855 million contract back in July of '08 that included $7.125 guaranteed and a $6.83 million signing bonus.  Another $2.7 million is also available through escalators.  Here's the layout:

2009 - $385,000

2010 - $527,500

2011 - $612,500

2012 - $650,000

2013 - Free Agent

 

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2009 Archive (published August, 2009)

 

 

Lesson Learned

When Willie Parker was lost to an injury suffered in the 3rd week of the season, Mendenhall was given the starting nod going into week four.  He knew he had to take advantage of his opportunity, but didn't quite have the veteran know-how of going about it.   

Rashard couldn't stop his ego from writing a text that his body would eventually have to crash.  Sometime in the middle of the week before the game, Mendenhall decided to SMS his buddy and fellow rookie RB Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens (their upcoming opponent) saying that he would have a big game against the Ravens D in week four.  Rice, of course, passed that text along to the rest of the team.  The Baltimore players didn't take Rashard's words lightly as they had not given up a 100-yard rusher in 21 straight contests and weren't about to let some big-mouth rookie ruin their good time. 

Monday Night Football ala week four rolls around and the Ravens come to town.  Mendenhall goes out and doesn't do too poorly as he eeks out eight carries for 27 yards.  Against the Ravens, that's par for the course.  On the first play of the 2nd half, though, Roethlisberger handed the ball to Rashard on a punch play up through the middle.  He was met by none other than Ray Lewis and Trevor Pryce, two very big, angry boys, and there's really no need to say who won that contest.  Mendenhall would leave the game after that 3-yard run with a fractured shoulder that landed him on the IR for the remainder of the season.

There you go Rook.  Lesson learned.

 

2009 Fantasy Outlook

Mendenhall has got skills.  He's big enough at 224 lbs. to take a few hits and run through some people, yet runs between a 4.36-4.45 40-yard dash as well.  He sits in the 2-spot on the depth chart behind Fast Willie Parker, but he'll steal a bunch of goal-line carries and should gather in another 100+ carries besides that.  He is Mike Tomlin's ideal bruiser back, and we tend to believe that this could be FWP's final year, and they will then hand full-time duties to Mendenhall - that's if he stays healthy.  As it stands, you should draft Mendenhall as FWP's handcuff in the middle rounds of your draft. 

 

 

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Injury Alert

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Rashard was placed on IR last year after suffering a fractured shoulder in just his 4th game. He looks to be back to normal now, but you’ve got to wonder if his ego realizes yet that even though he’s a tough inside runner, NFL players simply hit WAY harder than what he got used to in college.

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