While the point has become moot since the Pittsburgh Steelers signed free agent interior offensive lineman Stefen Wisniewski, there remains some degree of uncertainty about how and why B.J. Finney ended up leaving in free agency, rather than re-signing with the team he grew up rooting for.
A couple of theories have been proposed, perhaps some even a little more than theories, enlightened by inside knowledge. For example, Gerry Dulac in a recent chat session described his departure as “one of those cases where they weren’t going to stand in his way if he got a better deal but to check back just in case they would think about matching”.