{"id":514403,"date":"2026-03-10T05:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/514403\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T05:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:29:08","slug":"report-steelers-will-sign-rb-rico-dowdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/514403\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Steelers will sign RB Rico Dowdle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three pumps for three rivers. (We know, we know. It was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/rico-dowdles-two-pump-gofundme-raises-44-000-for-charity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">only two<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Panthers running back Rico Dowdle, who signed a one-year deal in Carolina a year ago, has agreed to terms with the Steelers, per Jordan Schultz.<\/p>\n<p>Terms have not yet been reported.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Steelers running back Kenneth Gainwell, the team\u2019s MVP in 2025, agreed on a two-year, $14 million contract with the Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Dowdle had 1,076 rushing yards and 297 receiving yards in 17 regular-season games. In Week 5 and Week 6, he had back-to-back games with more than 200 yards from scrimmage.<\/p>\n<p>Dowdle signed a one-year, $2.75 million contract with the Panthers a year ago, after spending his first four seasons with the Cowboys. During his final year in Dallas, Dowdle had 1,079 rushing yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three pumps for three rivers. (We know, we know. It was only two.) Panthers running back Rico Dowdle,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-514403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}