The Pittsburgh Steelers entered the offseason facing a major salary cap crunch that forced their hand to make a number of difficult decisions, and saw them release several players, among them sixth-year veteran outside linebacker Anthony Chickillo, in order to clear enough cap space to do what they had set out to do.
Truth be told, the imbalanced contract that he signed the year before, which put his 2020 cap hit much higher than 2019 and reflected value clearly beyond what any backup outside linebacker would be worth, made him a likely roster cut even if the move weren’t needed.