The Pittsburgh Steelers were a team with just a small amount of salary cap space available to them when free agency kicked off on March 13th. It didn’t stop the organization from making moves, but fans everywhere knew there were ways to create more cap space.
Trading Marcus Gilbert gave them some room, but the biggest move to be made would be giving Ben Roethlisberger a contract extension which would decrease his $23,300,000 salary cap hit for the 2019 regular season. With Roethlisberger entering the final year of his contract, and him wanting to continue to play for a few more seasons, it just seems right a deal would be imminent.