Typically, when the Pittsburgh Steelers say that’s their best offer, they mean it. It happened with RB Le’Veon Bell. It’s happened with others. They don’t lose a negotiation too often. But when it came to Ike Taylor, he got what he was looking for even after the front office told him the Steelers weren’t going to reach his number.
Appearing on Cam Heyward’s Not Just Football podcast, Taylor had a heartfelt conversation about his relationship with the late Dan Rooney, who was so close to Taylor that he treated him like family. And when Taylor wanted just a little bit more money during one of his contract negotiations, the man Taylor called “Papa Rooney” acquiesced.