The Pittsburgh Steelers have already eliminated or restructured the contracts of 10 players this offseason, all in an effort to create salary cap room. They released Anthony Chickillo, Mark Barron, and Johnny Holton, while Ramon Foster retired; they also restructured the contracts of Ben Roethlisberger, Maurkice Pouncey, Vance McDonald, Steven Nelson, Joe Haden, and Chris Boswell.
These moves gave the team enough room to place the franchise tag on Bud Dupree, retain Mike Hilton, Matt Feiler, Zach Banner, and Kameron Canaday, and sign Derek Watt as an unrestricted free agent, and they still have additional cap room.