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There are ways the Steelers can find some extra room under the 2021 salary cap if they must, but had they been desirable choices they may have already pulled the trigger.
Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Coming into the 2021 NFL offseason, the Pittsburgh Steelers had two obvious candidates to save significant money in restructures. The first, Cam Heyward, came on Monday as the Steelers saved just over $7 million towards the 2021 salary cap by pushing all but the minimum of Heyward's $10.5 million salary into a signing bonus. Related The other player many expect to do a restructure for 2021 is Heyward‘s counterpart on the defensive line, Stephon Tuitt. While the Steelers could save a significant amount towards the 2021 Salary cap by restructuring Tuitt, ...
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images I am the kind of person when a question comes into my mind I’m not satisfied until I do everything I can to answer it. I was thinking about the NFL doing all they can to increase the salary cap for the 2021 year season and how the added revenue from a 17th regular-season game is the biggest factor moving forward in getting the 2021 salary cap as high as possible. But what about the players salaries for the 17th game? Will this mean all the numbers we have been calculating for players counting towards the salary cap will increase?