Early this morning I passed along the news that the Pittsburgh Steelers restructured the contract of tackle Marcus Gilbert and in the process they cleared $2,392,500 in salary cap space. Since that restructure surfaced, I see several people, mainly on Twitter, assume that this move has something to do with a possible forthcoming contract extension for guard David DeCastro.
While a new deal for DeCastro could certainly be forthcoming, it’s important to remember that if a deal is ultimately consummated that it will result in the guard’s current salary cap charge in 2016 decreasing, not increasing.