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How the Steelers went from free agency ‘have nots’ to keeping our own

In a previous article, I wrote about ‘Plan B’ free agency and what a tumultuous time that was to be a Steelers fan. We set the time dial to 1989 – now, we will venture a little further down the timeline and land in 1993.

For all intents and purposes, free agency as we know it started in 1993. Once again, we call upon Front Office Football for this snippet:

NFL Free Agency (1993-Present)

“In his closing arguments over Plan B free agency, the NFL’s attorney, Frank Rothman, said that removing Plan B ‘”would be the destruction of the National Football League that we know today.