A few weeks ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers brought then-free agent kickers Matt McCrane and Kai Forbath in for tryouts and while neither was signed due to the team ultimately deciding to stick with kicker Chris Boswell, the former was signed on Friday to replace the injured Boswell. McCrane, who kicked earlier this season for the Oakland Raiders and Arizona Cardinals, said on Friday that he was actually playing golf on Thursday when he received the call from the Steelers that they wanted to sign him.
Newly-signed kicker Matt McCrane spoke with the media following his first practice in Pittsburgh.