The Pittsburgh Steelers will likely need to do a little salary cap massaging this offseason and especially if they have plans to keep outside linebacker Bud Dupree in the fold. While several player cuts can be made between now and the start of the 2020 new league year to help accommodate an initial franchise tag charge on Dupree, don’t count on the team doing much in the way of offseason contract restructures to free up a lot of additional salary cap space unless a CBA extension is worked out in the very immediate future.
The 30 percent rule that is included in the current NFL CBA has already been needed to be worked around in player contracts for a few years now and especially the closer the league gets to a currently uncapped 2021 season.