As time goes by, I become increasingly skeptical about the notion that the salary cap for the 2021 season will come in at the floor of $175 million agreed upon between the NFL and the NFLPA last year. I’ve never thought that it would come in that low, though truthfully, I don’t know how much higher it might come. I would imagine it will be at least $180 million.
Frankly, however, even if it comes in nearly flat from last year, which would approach $200 million, the Pittsburgh Steelers will still have problems becoming cap-compliant and then working on potentially re-signing a small handful of key free agents, such as Mike Hilton and/or Cameron Sutton, Matt Feiler, and maybe, just maybe, JuJu Smith-Schuster.