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The Steelers have restructured the contract of yet another defensive player, this time it’s cornerback Ike Taylor. According to Mike Florio at Pro Football Talk, Taylor lowered his $ 5.75 million in 2012 base salary to the league minimum $ 825,000, with the remaining $ 4.925 million converted into a signing bonus. The restructure lowers…
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** The Steelers got more salary cap relief when cornerback Ike Taylor agreed to restructure a contract he signed before the 2011 season. Taylor becomes the third player, along with linebackers LaMarr Woodley and Lawrence Timmons, to rework his contract to help the Steelers…
Ike Taylor restructured his contract Friday, becoming the latest player to help the team get in compliance with the salary cap. Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The NFL Network is reporting Hines Ward won’t be back in the black and gold next season. The Steelers are currently reworking contracts to try and get under the salary cap. Ward has one year left on his contract worth…
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported after the regular season that Mike Tomlin wanted to retain offensive coordinator Bruce Arians. The Steelers and Tomlin never denied these reports. Two weeks later, the Steelers forced Arians to “retire.” Arians quickly found work with the Colts. There is a strongly held belief in Pittsburgh that the Rooney family forced……
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** What was New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s strategy when the New York Giants tried to mount a late fourth-quarter rally in the Super Bowl? “Make them go to Manningham” — five words that will haunt Patriots fans and delight Giants fans for…
According to Jason LaCanfora of the NFL Network, the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t plan on bringing back wide receiver Hines Ward next season. Right now it makes the most sense for the Steelers to let Ward walk, since he’d make $ 4 million in the final year of his contract, which is a lot of money…
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** As the Steelers scramble to clear cap space, a $ 4 million chunk could be opening up in one fell swoop. Jason La Canfora of NFL Network reports that the Steelers won’t bring back veteran receiver Hines Ward for a 15th season with…
On Monday, the Steelers world was moved to find out that Sharon Ilkin, wife of former Steelers offensive tackle Tunch Ilkin, had lost her battle with breast cancer at 55. Tunch and Sharon have three children: Tanner, Natalie, and Clay. The Ilkins still reside in Upper St. Clair. Married for 30 years, the blow was…
When the Steelers pushed out offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, and tried to pass it off as Arians voluntarily retiring, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was disappointed, as the two have long had a close relationship. Now the Steelers have hired Todd Haley to replace Arians, and Roethlisberger isn’t sure what to think. “I haven’t talked to him,”……