Free-agent tight end Leonard Pope will visit the Steelers today according to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The 6'8' tight end is an unrestricted free-agent after playing for the Chiefs the last year and the Cardinals for three-years.
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April 11, 2012
The Steelers signing of veteran tight end Leonard Pope means a few different things for the rest of the 2012 off-season. For starters Pope’s signing can be taken as a ringing endorsement for new Steelers’ offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Haley became Pope’s offensive coordinator i Continue
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April 10, 2012
If you follow the Pittsburgh Steelers closely, you know that free agent signings outside of their own is a pretty rare occurrence. They are usually not big named players when they happen and often times they come at a very low cost. On Tuesday the Steelers signed their first free agent of the offseason in the form of tight end Leonard Pope, and as you can imagine, he is the talk...
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April 10, 2012
The Pittsburgh Steelers have another free agent in town today as Ed Bouchette reports via Twitter that tight end Leonard Pope is visiting today. Pope, an unrestricted free agent, played for Steelers new offensive coordinator Todd Haley when both were with the Arizona Cardinals and the Kansas City Chiefs. Pope was originally drafted by the Cardinals out of Georgia in the third round...
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April 10, 2012
The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed veteran tight end Leonard Pope to a one-year contract. Terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, were not released.
The 28-year-old Pope spent the previous three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, catching a career-high 24 passes for 247 yards and a touchdown in 2011.
Pope was originally drafted in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Arizona...
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April 10, 2012
Ed Bouchette is reporting via twitter that free agent tight end Leonard Pope will be visiting with the Steelers today. Pope was one of my sleeper free agents that the Steelers might take a run at. Pope will come at low cost. He is also a guy who has followed Todd Haley from city to city.
Pope was drafted by the Cardinals in 2008. Haley was the offensive coordinator in Arizona...
Pope visited the Steelers today.
A former Arizona Cardinals third-round draft pick from the University of Georgia, Pope played for the Kansas City Chiefs for the past three season.
The 6-foot-8, 264-pounder started 10 games last season and set career-highs with 24 receptions for 247 yards.
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April 10, 2012
The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed former Kansas City Chiefs tight end Leonard Pope to a one-year deal. Pope was a solid role player in his three-year stint with the Chiefs, posting 497 yards and 4 touchdowns there. Prior to playing for the Chiefs, Pope was with the Arizona Cardinals for three seasons. He has worked under former Cardinals offensive coordinator and former Chiefs...
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April 10, 2012
Well, we told you the Steelers could have their first free agent signed as early as today and tight end Leonard Pope made honest men out of us…you see, we can be trusted. He was just the second free agent to visit the Steelers so he had to think he was getting the special treatment just by getting the invite because he just signed a one-year deal to move to the Burgh.
It probably...
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April 10, 2012
Cheers can be heard around the world today as the Steeler Nation finally gets a free agent signing to brag about. Well, ok, let’s not get crazy but Free Agent Tight End Leonard Pope is a solid addition to the Steelers and does add some depth and potentially eliminate some needs on draft day and beyond.
First, the official release according to Steelers.com, Pope was originally drafted...
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April 10, 2012
Yea, we havent ‘talked at all about the college kids that the Steelers have been bringing in for pre-Draft visits…or the one free agent that came for a visit, but that’s because they’re only meetings – who cares. If something were to actually come from that one meeting, don’t worry, we’d let you know.
For instance, there’s no chance in hell that Nick Perry is going...
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April 11, 2012
PITTSBURGH- The Steelers announced today that have signed former Cardinals TE Leonard Pope to a one-year deal.
The former Georgia Bulldog has also made the rounds with the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Steelers did not release the financial terms of the deal.
Please click the link below to read the rest of this report and watch a video interview of Pope discussing how he saved a drowning child.
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April 10, 2012
It did not take long into Leonard Pope’s visit for him to decide he wanted to be a Steeler. The team announced the signing today of Pope. Pope will be the back up tight end while Weslye Saunders is out on his four game suspension. When Saunders returns they will most likely fight it out for the number two spot.
Pope has followed Haley everywhere now. Pope played for Haley...
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April 10, 2012
According to Ed Bouchette’s Twitter account the Steelers have signed unrestricted free agent tight end Leonard Pope. More information and details coming when available.
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April 10, 2012
The Pittsburgh Steelers have announced the signing of veteran tight end Leonard Pope to a one-year contract. Pope has spent the past four seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and prior to that spent time with the Arizona Cardinals, who drafted him in 2006. Pope, primarily a blocking tight end, caught a career-high 24 passes for the Chiefs last season. Source: National Football Post...
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