Since he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft out of Florida, center Maurkice Pouncey has missed 34 regular season games due to injuries. No, Pouncey is not injury prone, he’s just very unlucky. Ever since the 2015 regular season ended, I have had multiple followers on Twitter and three emailers suggest to me that the Steelers should trade Pouncey. I’m here to tell you that’s not going to happen.
While Pouncey is scheduled to count $10.551 million against the cap in 2016 after he receives his March roster bonus, cutting or trading him prior to that would still result in an immediate dead money acceleration of $11.