The Steelers have signed former Pitt star Tyler Palko to their practice squad. The Steelers needed another quarterback with Charlie Batch out 2-4 weeks because of a broken bone in his wrist. Palko signed with the Saints in 2007 as an undrafted free agent, and spent four games that season on New Orleans' active roster. The Saints released him prior to the 2008 season. Palko spent training camp this season with the Arizona Cardinals but got released in early September. Now the Steelers have Dennis Dixon and Palko as Big Ben's backup incase he can not go this weekend.Steelers are showing enough faith in Dixon to not sign a veteran backup. Dixon has given them a lot of reasons to feel confident in him. In the preseason he's shown some running ability, a solid and relatively accurate arm and the leadership ability that stood out when he was starring at Oregon.
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