{"id":44638,"date":"2025-07-29T08:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/44638\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T08:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:17:10","slug":"steelers-release-rb-cordarrelle-patterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/44638\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Release RB Cordarrelle Patterson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers have released running back and kick returner Cordarrelle Patterson. It officially ends a one-year experiment on Patterson, who signed to a two-year contract ahead of the 2024 season. Patterson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ceeflashpee84\/status\/1949858079270391974\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broke the news himself,<\/a> noting the announcement came Monday during the players\u2019 off day.<\/p>\n<p>Sarcastically, he referred to himself as \u201cold washed up Cordarrelle Patterson\u201d in the tweet.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking news\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0fPittsburgh Steelers release old washed up cordarrelle patterson on his day off!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 cordarrelle patterson (@ceeflashpee84) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ceeflashpee84\/status\/1949858079270391974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an unsurprising move given Patterson\u2019s 2024 struggles and the Steelers\u2019 offseason additions of Kenneth Gainwell and Kaleb Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>During the first four days of training camp, Patterson failed to practice with the team. Mike Tomlin referred to it as a minor injury, but Patterson wasn\u2019t spotted on the field and the writing seemed on the wall for his inevitable release.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Right! I said the same shit!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 cordarrelle patterson (@ceeflashpee84) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ceeflashpee84\/status\/1949860580350734715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patterson was set to earn a base salary of $2.8M in 2025. The Steelers will save that amount minus top-51 roster displacement costs in 2025 cap space, according to our Dave Bryan. Patterson has a $950,000 dead money charge in 2025, per Bryan.<\/p>\n<p>Hampered by injury heading into training camp, Patterson began the 2024 summer on the <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersdepot.com\/2024\/07\/steelers-place-three-players-on-pup-nfi-lists-to-begin-training-camp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFI (non-football injury) list.<\/a> Activated late in the preseason, Mike Tomlin opted against using him on returns until the regular season. Patterson briefly shined early in the year with an impressive half against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 4 before suffering an ankle injury and missing the next month. Looking even less explosive the rest of the year, he didn\u2019t receive his first kick return until November and proved to be ineffective.<\/p>\n<p>Patterson finished last season with 32 carries for 135 yards and zero touchdowns while catching 12 passes for 80 yards and one score, an impressive contested catch against new Steelers ILB Malik Harrison in a loss to the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting atop the Steelers\u2019 running back depth chart are Jaylen Warren, Kenneth Gainwell, and Kaleb Johnson. Other running backs on the team\u2019s 90-man roster include Trey Sermon and Evan Hull. Pittsburgh now has an open roster spot it will presumably quickly fill before Tuesday\u2019s first padded training camp practice.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers have released running back and kick returner Cordarrelle Patterson. 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