Cap space

[mikey6866]

(02-08-2022, 12:30 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Steelers just had to cut starting safety Steven Nelson last year to get under the cap.

They also lost starting Guard Matt Feiler, OT Alejandro Villanueva, and DB Mike Hilton to free agency because they could not afford to re-sign them.

Lack of cap space took down the Steelers.

Once again i didnt say its what we should do.  Im illustrating how easy it can be.  The steelers retained most of their talent for years kicking can into future.   Every team is going to lose some starters along the way in FA its inevitable.  They key is keeping your stars and supplements coming by way of draft each year once you have a core thats capable of getting you deep in playoffs.  Once you got the core that is producing at a high level and they get paid you are going to lose some starters.  The league is designed this way.  Were in an entirely different situation as most of our core is young and wont need signed for a few years and were going to have 70 mil in cap room.  We can still make big signings now to supplement team and still be able to manage cap through resigning core as they come due.