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Why DeAngelo Williams Is Steelers’ Best Free Agent Signing Over Last Five Years

At 32-years of age, and just let go from the organization that drafted him, veteran running back DeAngelo Williams was on a mission to find another team and just try to prove to his former team that he still has fuel in the tank. The Carolina Panthers and Williams had an ugly breakup after the team terminated his contract on March 10, 2015.

I am driven from within, but walking by this every morning absolutely adds fuel to the fire! #MotivationMonday pic.twitter.com/SQu8SiaN4Y

— DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) February 15, 2016

Williams used this termination letter as a little extra motivation and signed a two-year $4 million contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers three days after the Panthers released him.