Less than a week after forking over an extra $1.2 million to match a New England Patriots offer to wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, the Pittsburgh Steelers could find themselves back in a bind over another restricted free agent.
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Nose tackle Steve McLendon visited with the Green Bay Packers on Wednesday, the Baltimore Sun's Aaron Wilson reported Wednesday.
Packers general manager Ted Thompson has never been much of a buyer in free agency, but he may have found a way to shrewdly pilfer a scheme fit for his 3-4 defense. Even after locking up linebacker Clay Matthews with a five-year, $66 million contract extension, the Packers have plenty of room under the salary cap while the Steelers have just $700,000 available.
Although McLendon has been a rotational player to date, there has been sentiment within the Steelers that he would succeed Casey Hampton as the starting nose tackle this season.
UPDATE: McLendon signed a three-year contract worth as much as $7.5 million, a team source told NFL.com's Ian Rapoport on Thursday.
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