Ja’Whaun Bentley, who spent the first seven years of his career with the Patriots, has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice squad, according to ESPN.

The 29-year-old linebacker was released by New England in March. He played just two games last year before suffering a torn pectoral muscle that ended his season.

“I went down early last year, second drive of Week 2. If anything, you just think about all the hard work you did getting up to that point, so when you hit that, it’s kind of like a damn kind of thing. But at the end of the day, work is nothing new to me,” Bentley said Wednesday. “I was looking to put one day in front of the other and obviously got a fresh start here. So excited to do that. Excited to meet all the guys, meet all the coaches, and just have some fun with

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