He didn’t spend much time here when you take in the full breadth of his career, but it might be fair to say that running back DeAngelo Williams was as beloved with the Pittsburgh Steelers as he was for most of his time with the Carolina Panthers.
The Steelers brought him in as a free agent in 2015 when the Panthers released him due to his high salary and increasing age, at the time already comfortably on the wrong side of 30. He knew going in what his role was going to be, which would be to spell Le’Veon Bell, coming off a breakout season.