Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Artie Burns reported to Latrobe on Thursday for the start of the team’s 2019 training camp and it appears as though the former first-round draft pick will indeed soon get the roster bonus that’s due him.
According to Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Thursday, the Steelers appear to be ready to pay the $800,000 roster bonus that Burns is due on Sunday, the third day of training camp. Once that roster bonus is paid to Burns, it’s his and thus would count as dead money against the salary cap should the Miami product ultimately be cut at a later date.