For as much as Pittsburgh Steelers fans complain that their team is not willing to spend money in free agency, that is not technically true if you want to get semantic about it. The thing is that they prefer to spend their money on their own free agents, largely because they already know and have worked with them, making it the safer bet.
And they once again showed just how willing they are to make ‘splashes’ in free agency on in-house signings when, for the second time in his career, the Steelers made center Maurkice Pouncey the highest-paid player at his position based on the new-money portion of his contract.