Maurkice Pouncey Already Surpassed As Highest-Paid Center (Good Thing They Extended Him Early)

As Dave Bryan pointed out after Maurkice Pouncey signed a two-year, $11 million contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers to make him the highest-paid center in NFL history, perhaps one of the motivations for the team to get that done now, in spite of the fact that the move didn’t save any salary cap space, is because Ben Roethlisberger wanted it done, and they want to extend him as well.

“They can come to me tomorrow and say we want to get your deal done. I’ll say, ‘get Pouncey done first’.