Jonathan Dwyer Rumors & News

Running the ball may have been easier in 2012 if there weren't so many defenders around the line of scrimmage. It'd be fair for Steelers running backs Jonathan Dwyer and Isaac Redman to say that. According to a Pro Football Focus study, of Redman's 110 carries in 2012, 28 of them came facing eight defenders in the box - that's 25.45 percent, the ninth-highest total in the NFL (of running backs with 100 or more carries). Today on BTSC: Clark's comments Bowling with Hood Moye gets a re-boot McFadden working OT 'Mean' Joe takes issue with players today Homage to 'Mean Joe' Redman ce...

The selection of LeVeon Bell in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft likely means the Steelers will look to get lighter at the running back position before this season. Although it's no sure-fire thing, it's the next closest thing to it. The question is which one? Just last week the team was pretty shallow at the position, having let Rashard Mendenhall walk in free agency and cut Chris Rainey, while only having restricted free agent tenders on Isaac Redman and Jonathan Dwyer (the team's leading rushers this past season) to go along with Baron Batch. Now add in Bell and just signed f...

NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah is reporting the Steelers are trying to trade running back Jonathan Dwyer. I'm told the Steelers are trying to trade one of their RB's...Jonathan Dwyer is the name I've heard. #Steelers — Daniel Jeremiah (@MoveTheSticks) April 27, 2013 The Steelers have an abundance of running backs now, and it's logical that Dwyer could be one of them. Frankly, though, if they're looking to trade one of them, it could be any of them. Dwyer and Isaac Redman are both under one-year contracts in restricted free agency. They just signed LaRod Stephens-Howling as well. They...

If anyone is questioning Jonathan Dwyer's mindset as he prepares to enter the 2013 NFL regular season as the starting running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, I believe this Tweet may be meant for you: An upset of today: Steelers RB Jonathan Dwyer signed his sixth-round tender for $1.323 million. Didn't want to wait. Wanted to prove point. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 12, 2013 Dwyer was a restricted free-agent, and the Steelers offered him the minimum required tender level which still requires a third party to surrender a sixth round pick should they offer him a better d...

It's been curious why the Steelers didn't seem particularly high on nose tackle Steve McLendon. That question will get even more murkier now. The Steelers elected to give McLendon the right of first refusal level tender offer in restricted free agency, meaning McLendon will be paid $1.3 million guaranteed this season, but a team has an opportunity to sign McLendon to an offer sheet. If the Steelers choose to not match it, McLendon will leave without compensation. On one hand, it seemingly doesn't matter. Teams rarely make offers for players in restricted free agency anyway, and while...

Like many current NFL players, Jonathan Dwyer has turned to Twitter as a bridge between himself and #SteelerNation as a whole. Many people wish to disregard the validity of Twitter for breaking news, mainly for the same reason we used to be skeptical over the average interview - talk is cheap. However with some players, what you see really is what you get. Dwyer is one of those players. Dwyer has become very active in social media this off-season, and has passed along two newsworthy items which probably will not make major headlines, but they are important nonetheless. This morning, ...

In 2013, Jonathan Dwyer is guaranteed to have a break out season, in one way or another. A sixth-round pick out of Georgia Tech in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dwyer is a restricted free-agent this off-season. Whether they offer him a qualifying tender, or attempt to sign him for less as a free agent, all signs point to Dwyer returning to Pittsburgh. Exactly why, though, has yet to be determined. In his first three years, Dwyer has been dogged and ridiculed by coaches and media over his weight and conditioning. Injuries kept apprehending any progress, forcing him to spend far to...

A statement we've kicked around here often from Bill Parcells goes, "if you have two quarterbacks, you have none." The same isn't entirely true about running backs, but souping it up a bit and giving the statement a modern feel, it'd read something like "If you have running backs Isaac Redman and Jonathan Dwyer, and you're paying them a combined $2.6 million in restricted free agency tags, you don't have much." Both enter restricted free agency, and both will likely earn original round tenders, meaning the Steelers would get a sixth round pick in exchange for choosing not to match a t...