In a rare occurrence, in this case thanks to none other than Le’Veon Bell, the Pittsburgh Steelers entered this offseason with a good chunk of change burning a hole in their salary-cap pocket. That allowed them to make some significant moves to work toward addressing and improving their defense, which lagged behind last season.
Thanks to the cap space of eight digits returned to the team by Bell for choosing not to sign his franchise tag, the Steelers were able to go out in free agency and spend, coming away, for the defense, with cornerback Steven Nelson for $26.