The Pittsburgh Steelers have now made their final roster cuts and transactions so now we have a pretty good idea as to what the 2013 salary cap situation looks like with the season opener now almost one week away.
According to my numbers, the Steelers are nearly $3.8 million underneath their adjusted cap number. These numbers might not be exact, but should be very close.
So what’s next? For starters, it still think there is a possibility that Ziggy Hood gets a contract extension between now and the start of the regular season. That’s not guaranteed to happen, but when you consider that Steve McLendon, Cameron Heyward, Nick Williams and Hebron Fangupo are currently the only defensive linemen under contract for 2014, I think they need to try to work something out.
Can running back Isaac Redman get his 2013 cap number dropped with a modest extension? I think so and that could be another deal that gets done very shortly.
As for wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, it’s not looking good this late in the game, but stranger things have happened.
| UNDER CONTRACT PLAYERS | ||
|---|---|---|
| PLAYER | BASE SALARY | CAP CHARGE |
| Ben Roethlisberger | $2,600,000 | $13,595,000 |
| Troy Polamalu | $7,500,000 | $10,137,500 |
| Ike Taylor | $6,000,000 | $9,454,166 |
| Lamarr Woodley | $3,600,000 | $9,190,000 |
| Heath Miller | $5,162,000 | $7,958,500 |
| Lawrence Timmons | $750,000 | $5,816,250 |
| Brett Keisel | $2,825,000 | $4,900,000 |
| Ryan Clark | $3,500,000 | $4,750,000 |
| Antonio Brown | $650,000 | $3,120,000 |
| Ziggy Hood | $715,000 | $2,990,860 |
| Maurkice Pouncey | $977,250 | $2,527,875 |
| Emmanuel Sanders | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 |
| Larry Foote | $1,500,000 | $1,833,333 |
| Cameron Heyward | $984,548 | $1,828,644 |
| David DeCastro | $745,177 | $1,775,886 |
| Shaun Suisham | $1,425,000 | $1,762,500 |
| Jarvis Jones | $405,000 | $1,582,818 |
| Jerricho Cotchery | $1,000,000 | $1,500,000 |
| Ramon Foster | $1,100,000 | $1,500,000 |
| Steve McLendon | $900,000 | $1,458,333 |
| Isaac Redman | $1,323,000 | $1,323,000 |
| Bruce Gradkowski | $1,000,000 | $1,283,333 |
| William Gay | $1,000,000 | $1,166,666 |
| Jason Worilds | $630,000 | $985,000 |
| Matt Spaeth | $825,000 | $962,500 |
| Marcus Gilbert | $668,402 | $880,204 |
| Mike Adams | $480,000 | $805,375 |
| Le’Veon Bell | $405,000 | $749,200 |
| Curtis Brown | $555,000 | $685,300 |
| Cortez Allen | $555,000 | $652,875 |
| Sean Spence – PUP | $500,000 | $636,345 |
| Al Woods | $630,000 | $630,000 |
| David Johnson | $630,000 | $630,000 |
| Michael Palmer | $630,000 | $630,000 |
| Greg Warren | $840,000 | $620,000 |
| LaRod Stephens-Howling | $715,000 | $620,000 |
| Plaxico Burress – IR | $940,000 | $620,000 |
| Chris Carter | $555,000 | $595,700 |
| Felix Jones | $715,000 | $587,500 |
| Guy Whimper | $715,000 | $555,000 |
| Kion Wilson | $555,000 | $555,000 |
| Markus Wheaton | $405,000 | $552,844 |
| Shamarko Thomas | $405,000 | $518,287 |
| Landry Jones | $405,000 | $514,805 |
| David Paulson | $480,000 | $491,474 |
| Kelvin Beachum | $480,000 | $491,474 |
| Drew Butler | $480,000 | $481,666 |
| Robert Golden | $480,000 | $481,666 |
| Nicholas Williams – IR | $405,000 | $419,462 |
| Da’Mon Cromartie-Smith | $480,000 | $480,000 |
| John Malecki | $480,000 | $480,000 |
| Will Johnson | $480,000 | $480,000 |
| Vince Williams | $405,000 | $424,670 |
| Derek Moye | $405,000 | $405,000 |
| Hebron Fangupo | $405,000 | $405,000 |
| Isaiah Green | $405,000 | $405,000 |
| TOTAL 53 PLUS IR & PUP | $66,305,377 | $113,386,011 |
| DEAD MONEY | ||
| PLAYER | BASE SALARY | CAP CHARGE |
| James Harrison | $0 | $4,930,000 |
| Willie Colon | $0 | $2,150,000 |
| Alameda Ta’amu | $0 | $324,984 |
| Chris Rainey | $0 | $136,239 |
| Terry Hawthorne | $0 | $47,513 |
| Toney Clemons | $0 | $37,368 |
| Terrence Frederick | $0 | $34,422 |
| Justin Brown | $0 | $26,018 |
| Baron Batch | $0 | $23,256 |
| Ivory Wade | $0 | $4,000 |
| Terry Carter | $0 | $3,334 |
| Ikponmwosa Igbinosun | $0 | $3,334 |
| Ryan Lee | $0 | $3,334 |
| Marquis Maze | $0 | $3,334 |
| Brandon Lindsey | $0 | $2,667 |
| Jake Stoller | $0 | $2,667 |
| Nick Embernate | $0 | $2,500 |
| Mike Golic | $0 | $2,500 |
| White, Anthony | $0 | $2,000 |
| Dixon, Connor | $0 | $1,667 |
| Cordian Hagans | $0 | $1,667 |
| Adrian Robinson | $0 | $1,666 |
| Chris Hubbard | $0 | $1,500 |
| Saunders, Weslye | $0 | $1,334 |
| Reggie Dunn | $0 | $1,333 |
| Omar Hunter | $0 | $1,333 |
| Joe Madsen | $0 | $1,000 |
| Curtis McNeal | $0 | $1,000 |
| Alan Baxter | $0 | $833 |
| J.D. Woods | $0 | $833 |
| Brian Arnfelt | $0 | $667 |
| Mike Farrell | $0 | $667 |
| Terence Garvin | $0 | $667 |
| Anthony White | $0 | $667 |
| Luke Ingram | $0 | $500 |
| TOTAL DEAD MONEY | * | $7,756,804 |
| 2013 Salary Cap | * | $123,000,000 |
| 2012 Carryover | * | $758,811 |
| 2013 Adjustment | * | $1,168,000 |
| 2013 Adjusted Salary Cap Number | $124,926,811 | |
| 2013 Contracts Plus Dead Money | $121,142,815 | |
| Amount Under Cap | $3,783,996 | |
