Pittsburgh Steelers sign player who hasn’t been in NFL since 2017

Pittsburgh Steelers punter Brad Wing (9) talks with Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden before an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, in Cleveland. Wing, who hasn’t played in an NFL game since 2017, has signed with the Steelers’ practice squad, the team announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP

Among all the notable NFL free agents who could’ve signed with a team this week – Jarvis Landry, Carson Wentz, Leonard Fournette, etc. – credit to you if you had Brad Wing on your bingo card.

Wing, a 32-year-old punter from Australia, has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice squad after six years out of the NFL, the team announced Wednesday.

He played four seasons in the NFL from 2014 to 2017, spending his first season with the Steelers before being traded to the New York Giants, where he played his final three seasons.

The Steelers signed Wing after punter Pressley Harvin suffered a hamstring injury during the team’s week 3 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Harvin’s status for this weekend’s game against the Houston Texans remains unclear as he did not participate in the Steelers’ practice Thursday and “continues to be sidelined with a hamstring injury,” according to the team’s injury report.

Wing entered the NFL in 2013 as an undrafted free agent out of LSU. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in May 2013, but was cut by the team shortly before the regular season in August. He then won the Steelers’ punting job in 2014.

In 64 career NFL games, Wing has recorded 325 punts for a 44.7-yard gross average and 38.8-yard net average, including 100 punts placed inside the 20-yard line.

sign player who hasn’t been in NFL since 2017

Pittsburgh Steelers punter Brad Wing (9) talks with Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden before an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, in Cleveland. Wing, who hasn’t played in an NFL game since 2017, has signed with the Steelers’ practice squad, the team announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP

Among all the notable NFL free agents who could’ve signed with a team this week – Jarvis Landry, Carson Wentz, Leonard Fournette, etc. – credit to you if you had Brad Wing on your bingo card.

Wing, a 32-year-old punter from Australia, has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice squad after six years out of the NFL, the team announced Wednesday.

He played four seasons in the NFL from 2014 to 2017, spending his first season with the Steelers before being traded to the New York Giants, where he played his final three seasons.

The Steelers signed Wing after punter Pressley Harvin suffered a hamstring injury during the team’s week 3 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Harvin’s status for this weekend’s game against the Houston Texans remains unclear as he did not participate in the Steelers’ practice Thursday and “continues to be sidelined with a hamstring injury,” according to the team’s injury report.

Wing entered the NFL in 2013 as an undrafted free agent out of LSU. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in May 2013, but was cut by the team shortly before the regular season in August. He then won the Steelers’ punting job in 2014.

In 64 career NFL games, Wing has recorded 325 punts for a 44.7-yard gross average and 38.8-yard net average, including 100 punts placed inside the 20-yard line.

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A number of TV shows have taken place in Pittsburgh over the years. There was Mr. Belvedere in the 80s, My So-Called Life in the 90s, Queer as Folk in the aughts, and most recently This is Us. And while Milo Ventimiglia’s and Mandy Moore’s Pearson family proudly represented the Black & Gold, a new drama could probably be considered the most Steelers-centric show of them all. It’s the BET+ original series Average Joe.

Average Joe stars Deon Cole as Joe Washington, a diehard Steelers fan who works as a plumber in Pittsburgh, specifically in Highland Park. After his father Teddy’s passing, Joe learns that his dad lived a secret life and stole money from some dangerous people. Now, those people think Joe has the money, and they want it back. Joe’s fandom creates several moments that would make any Yinzer scream, “Double Yoi!”

In a flashback to “last year,” we learn that Joe and “Touch” Tuchawuski (Michel Trucco) share a Christmas tradition: gifting each other Terrible Towels.

“New year, new towel, new chance for a Super Bowl. That’s just how it goes,” Joe says. And it makes sense IRL. Pittsburgh has had three instances where they’d already been eliminated from playoff contention by Christmas Day in the 2000s, and only once under Mike Tomlin.

Leon (Malcolm Barrett) and Cathy Montgomery (Cynthia Kaye McWilliams) spend the entire season trying to reclaim some sense of power in their marriage and working-class lives. When they finally get a win over the owner of a chop shop, their celebration is interrupted by an odd discovery: Teddy’s Terry Bradshaw and Neil O’Donnell license plate holders.

Why would Joe’s father want to commemorate the losing quarterback of Super Bowl XXX? The answer could unlock the show’s central mystery.

Joe quickly learns that the men looking for his dad’s money are serious, and his body takes a beating that would make Ben and Bradshaw wince. With no gauze or bandages in sight, he hilariously turns to the next best thing: Myron Cope’s Terrible Towel.

Joe’s father Teddy seemingly had one prized possession before his passing: his Pittsburgh Steelers season tickets. In the wake of his death, the biggest question on everyone’s mind is who will Joe share them with. So when the ish hits the fan, the price for loyalty is steep; Acrisure Stadium steep.

The series opens with a memorial for Joe’s father Teddy, who just recently passed. This is where we learn Teddy’s final words to his son, which has something to do with feeding beans to the biggest thorns in the Steelers’ side for the past two decades.