Veteran quarterback Mitch Trubisky signed a two-year contract extension earlier this offseason to remain with the Pittsburgh Steelers through 2025. At least that’s what it looks like on paper, but that’s only at the team’s behest. As has been reported, Trubisky received no new guarantees as part of the extension, including no new signing bonus.
That leads Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk to speculate that the extension was more of an ultimatum, with the purpose of lowering his 2023 salary cap number. Due to earn a base salary of $8 million this year, the Steelers turned $6.