PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 The Pittsburgh Steelers are making a big investment in tight end Darnell Washington.<\/p>\n
The club signed the 6-foot-7, 264-pound Washington to a new five-year contract that will keep him in black and gold for the rest of the decade.<\/p>\n
Washington, who had a career-best 31 receptions for 364 yards and a touchdown last season, was about to enter the final year of the rookie contract he signed after being selected in the third round of the 2023 draft.<\/p>\n
The deal is the second extension signed by a member of Pittsburgh’s 2023 draft class this week. The team and outside linebacker Nick Herbig agreed to a five-year deal on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Washington, who plays well above his listed weight, often works as a sixth offensive lineman but has become increasingly involved in the passing game. First-year head coach Mike McCarthy has raved about Washington’s work ethic and his potential going forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cLove Darnell,\u201d McCarthy said this week. \u201cHe\u2019s been here every day, in the classroom, good student, he\u2019s a pro\u2019s pro. I\u2019ve been very impressed with him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 The Pittsburgh Steelers are making a big investment in tight end Darnell Washington. The club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,457,4935,7,7866,6,6313,27878,121843,27876,95241,169,855],"class_list":["post-909847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baltimore-ravens","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-baltimoreravens","tag-darnell-washington","tag-district-of-columbia","tag-football","tag-mike-mccarthy","tag-nfl","tag-nick-herbig","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-darnell-washington-extension","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-40809-ap-pennsylvania-sports-only","tag-ravens","tag-washington"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116692439780289626","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}