Willie Parker Signs With Redskins, Will Compete With Clinton Portis And Larry Johnson For Starting RB Job

Earlier today, Willie Parker sat down with Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, and appeared to be open to donning the black and yellow once again.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Parker isn’t ruling out coming back to Pittsburgh and spoke with coach Mike Tomlin this week.

“Nothing dealing with football,” Parker told the Post-Gazette. “Not really dealing with Pittsburgh or anything like that. I respect him as a coach. One thing they always said, they would play the best guys. I guess I wasn’t the best guy.”

Well, so much for that. According to ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter, the speedy six-year veteran signed a one-year deal with the Washington Redskins, a team already featuring Clinton Portis and Larry Johnson in its backfield.

The Washington Redskins reached agreement with free agent running back Willie Parker on a one-year deal with a maximum value of $3.1 million, according to a league source.

Parker has been told there will be an open competition for the starting job.

Parker ran for just 389 yards last season as the Steelers finally made it clear that Rashard Mendenhall was their primary back. On a separate note, if this was 2006, ’Skins owner Daniel Snyder would have one heck of a fantasy football team.