Not long after wide receiver Limas Sweed was walking out of the Steelers offices, Antwaan Randle El was walking in, getting ready to sign a three-year contract to rejoin his former team.

Randle El, one of the heroes of Super Bowl XL in Detroit who left after the 2005 season to sign a lucrative contract with the Washington Redskins, arrived on the South Side this morning -- a move that could signal the end for Sweed, a No. 2 draft choice in 2008.

After being cut four days ago by the Redskins, Randle El reached agreement on a contract with the Steelers last night, just hours after the team signed free-agent wide receiver Arnaz Battle from the San Francisco 49ers to a three-year, $3.9 million contract.

That gives the Steelers five receivers, not counting Sweed -- as many receivers as they kept on their 53-man roster last season.

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