The Pittsburgh Steelers’ offseason was, well, different. But they weren’t alone, when the NFL salary cap dipped for the first time since it started, certain teams were in financial stress. The Steelers were one of those teams.
With a large number of pending free agents, any logical fan knew the Steelers wouldn’t be able to keep them all. When the Steelers lost Bud Dupree, Mike Hilton, Matt Feiler and eventually Alejandro Villaneuva, it wasn’t a shock. The Steelers were forced to make tough decisions heading into 2021. Decisions like signing Cam Sutton rather than Hilton, bringing back JuJu Smith-Schuster on a one-year deal and even finding a way to retain Tyson Alualu.