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Ja’Whaun Bentley Reveals He Had ‘A Few’ Teams Pursuing Him Before Choosing Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers have lacked physicality to start this season. That’s especially true for their defense. Through two games, that unit has gotten pushed around. They’ve been unable to stop the run. Specifically, their inside linebackers haven’t been good enough in that respect. Patrick Queen and Payton Wilson are both talented, but they aren’t great run stuffers. Therefore, the Steelers went out and signed veteran linebacker Ja’Whaun Bentley to their practice squad. However, he revealed that they weren’t the only team pursuing him.

“No, I had a few in there,” Bentley said Wednesday via the team’s website.