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On Sunday the Steelers lost out on Byron Leftwich as the backup last season signed with the Tampa Bay Bucs. Now the team has quickly made amends for that, as on Tuesday the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the Super Bowl champs agreed to terms with backup Charlie Batch on a one-year, $895,000 contract.
Batch would [...]
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