Quote Originally Posted by phillyesq View Post
On a qualified veteran minimum contract, a player's cap hit is less than his salary. Also, only the 51 highest salaries count. So Whimper's cap hit is $635k, but he replaced somebody at $420k, meaning he only uses $215k in cap space. There are reports that the Steelers borrowed against the cap in earlier years and are paying it back, in part, this year. That would account for $750k, so that could be the difference.

[URL]http://overthecap.com/teamcap.php?Team=Steelers&Year=2014[/URL]

"borrowed against the cap"..... wow. Knew they were in cap hell, but that is approaching Hades at the hottest spot......