Rashard Mendenhall Fantasy News

Rashard Mendenhall "clearly" team's RB1
Friday, June 14, 2013, 10:05am

Cardinals beat writer Mike Jurecki on RB Rashard Mendenhall: "He's look good hitting the holes, good in pass protection, catching a ball the backfield, clearly the number #1 RB."

Arians: Rashard Mendenhall is "a legitimate big-time threat"
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 3:13pm

Cardinals HC Bruce Arians signed RB Rashard Mendenhall to a one-year contract in free agency and is thrilled to have him.

“He’s a legitimate big-time threat every time he touches the ball,” Arians, the Steelers former offensive coordinator, said this morning at the NFC coaches breakfast at the Arizona Biltmore Resort. “He’s a big back who never has to come out of the game. He has a 230-pound body with 180-pound feet.”

Arians: Mendenhall is an "every-down back"
Thursday, March 14, 2013, 10:31am

Cardinals HC Bruce Arians on new RB Rashard Mendenhall.

“As a running back he’s the total package,” Arians said in a release by the team. “He’s a big, strong, every-down back with speed who can pass block and also catch the ball. I’ve said before: he’s a big man with little-people feet, meaning he can run like he’s 180 (pounds) but also pound the ball like he’s 230.”

Cardinals sign Rashard Mendenhall to one-year deal
Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 2:07pm

The Arizona Cardinals reached an agreement in principle on a one-year deal with former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Bruce Arians, the Cardinals' coach, was at one time Mendenhall's offensive coordinator with the Steelers.

Mendenhall was slowed last season by injuries. He tore the ACL in his right knee in Week 17 of the 2011 season and didn't return until Oct. 4 of last season. His return didn't last long, though, as he strained his right Achilles four days later.

The 25-year-old running back has rushed for 3,549 yards and 29 touchdowns in 57 career games.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 12:41pm

Teams don't want to spend much for running backs these days, and Rashard Mendenhall's lost season could lead to him re-signing with the Steelers on a discount.

Saturday, January 26, 2013, 12:29pm

“The season [Rashard Mendenhall] had was not what we would have hoped for,” said Steelers President Art Rooney II when asked for his assessment. “Obviously, we knew he was coming back from an injury so there were some unknowns there. So, without getting into the real specifics with Rashard, it’s fair to say that we are going to need a better performance out of the running back position if we’re going to be successful, Whether it’s Rashard or [Jonathan Dwyer] or [Isaac Redman] or somebody else, we have to be better at that position, as well as others, but certainly at that position. In this offseason that’s something we’ve got to look at and decide how we get better and who we get better with.”

Steelers waive Chris Rainey
Thursday, January 10, 2013, 3:38pm

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Chris Rainey was arrested Thursday morning and charged with one count of simple battery (dating violence), the Gainesville, Fla., police department confirmed.

The Steelers later announced they have waived Rainey. The Steelers released the following statement regarding Rainey from general manager Kevin Colbert:

"Under the circumstances and due to this conduct, Chris will no longer be a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers."

Jonathan Dwyer still Steelers starting RB
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 1:25pm

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he's happy with RB rotation as it is now. Jonathan Dwyer started last two games, Isaac Redman number-two. Will find a role for Rashard Mendenhall.

Monday, December 17, 2012, 5:29pm

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said RB Rashard Mendenhall, suspended last week, returned to the team today.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 7:38pm

Steelers have suspended Rashard Mendenhall for one game, activated Baron Batch from practice squad.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 8:31pm

Steeler coach offered this about his RB situation:

“We don’t intend on doing anything differently in terms of Jonathan (Dwyer) being the guy and of course, (Isaac Redman) supplementing him because Red is capable of distinguishing himself in situational football, short yardage,” said Tomlin. “He’s a good blitz-pickup guy."

Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 1:26pm

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin: "RB Rashard Mendenhall will get an opportunity to redeem himself at some point . . . not now.''

Rashard Mendenhall inactive for Steelers
Sunday, December 2, 2012, 3:02pm

Steelers Inactives
Mike Adams T
Jerricho Cotchery WR
Byron Leftwich QB
Rashard Mendenhall RB
Ben Roethlisberger QB
DeMarcus Van Dyke DB
LaMarr Woodley OLB

Jonathan Dwyer to start for Steelers
Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 12:29pm

Steelers HC Mike Tomlin still isn’t done shuffling the Steelers’ running backs.

Jonathan Dwyer, one of four backs who were benched only to be reinserted during a fumble-filled loss in Cleveland, will start Sunday in Baltimore and get the majority of the work, Tomlin said Tuesday.

Dwyer ran for 122 yards against the Bengals and 107 yards against the Redskins, but a quad strain kept him out the following week as Redman ran for 147 yards against the Giants. In the three games since, no back has gained more than the 56 yards Dwyer produced against the Chiefs.

“He’s been consistently the most productive guy,” Tomlin said of Dwyer, who has a team-leading 429 yards and a 4.4 average per carry. “I think we’ve got a large enough body of work to be able to identify that at this point. ... Over the course of the last several weeks, it’s obvious that he, one, is healthy and, two, is the most productive of the group.”

Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 12:58pm

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said "situations" will determine who will start, Emmanual Sanders or Mike Wallace, at split end.