At one point in the life of real (mostly) NFL free agency, June 2 was a big day. Under labor deals finalized before 2006 (and, of course, after free agency began), teams could cut players on June 2 with reduced cap consequences. It created a second wave of free agency, and a spike in NFL…
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A Look Forward at the Pittsburgh Steelers Cap Space and Where They Can/Will Go From Here
Posted by admin on April 19th, 2013
As things stand right now the Pittsburgh Steelers have about $ 600,000 in cap space. That’s not enough room for them to do much else until June. The 2013 NFL Draft will begin in six days and the Steelers, unless they make trades, will draft eight players in the draft. Many fans are wondering how [...]
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No Comments »Steelers Are Fine Cap Space Wise When It Comes To Retaining Their Restricted Free Agents
Posted by admin on April 8th, 2013
Every offseason you can count on the fear and the overreaction that the Pittsburgh Steelers will lose one of their restricted free agents to another team. That fear was put on overdrive a few weeks ago when wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders visited with the New England Patriots. While there is still a possibility that the [...]
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Posted by admin on March 6th, 2013
The second annual Lawrence Timmons contract restructuring has created a nice chunk of cap space for the Steelers. Per a source with knowledge of the deal, Timmons dropped his compensation to a base salary of $ 750,000 in 2013. The rest of the money he was due to earn — $ 7.125 million — became [...]
Roethlisberger re-do saves $6 million in cap space
Posted by admin on March 5th, 2013
As expected, the Steelers have restructured quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s contract. As not expected, they’ve done the deal at a time when doing so will help the Ravens reduce the exclusive franchise tender to their own franchise quarterback, Joe Flacco. According to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Roethlisberger has re… Source: ProFootballTalk » Pittsburgh Steelers
ProFootballTalk: What can Steelers do with cap space?
Posted by admin on March 1st, 2013
As many current Steelers restructure their contract, Mike Florio breaks down what Pittsburgh can do with their extra cap freedom. Resigning James Harrison, signing a backup QB, and spending on their draft picks top the list.
Timmons deal creates roughly $5 million in cap space
Posted by admin on February 27th, 2013
The Pittsburgh Steelers have commenced the process of getting in compliance with the salary cap. But they’ve done it not by chopping a veteran player from the roster, but by chopping down his cap number, with a restructuring. Albert Breer of NFL Network reports that the Steelers have created roughly $ 5 million in cap [...]
LB Timmons Another Steeler That Could Rework Contract To Save Cap Space
Posted by admin on February 27th, 2013
It sounds like Ben Roethlisberger isn’t the only Steeler willing to re-work his deal to try and keep the team competitive and save them money. Reports from Ed Bouchette at the Post-Gazette reports is the club is talking to LB Lawrence Timmons about reworking his deal and it sounds like something will get announced by [...]
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Posted by admin on September 9th, 2012
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Hampton gives Steelers more than $3 million in cap space
Posted by admin on March 18th, 2012
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** When the Steelers embarked on their cap-slashing exercise earlier this year, nose tackle Casey Hampton was at the top of the list. Unlike one of the various players who restructured contracts and ultimately gave up no money (and unlike Hines Ward who was [...]
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