Batch signs 2-year contract with Steelers

March 26, 2010 12:31 pm

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By Ed Bouchette / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Charlie Batch signed a two-year contract with the Steelers to resume his job as a backup quarterback, the team announced today.

Batch, 35, has been with the Steelers the past eight seasons. He became an unrestricted free agent March 5 but both he and Steelers officials said he would likely re-sign.

It is possible Batch might not return to his No. 2 job behind Ben Roethlisberger in 2010, though, because Dennis Dixon is expected to compete with him. Dixon moved up to No. 2 and stayed there after Batch broke his wrist during a Nov. 22 game in Kansas City.

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First Published March 26, 2010 12:31 pm
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