The Pittsburgh Steelers have forever been a team that isn’t afraid to spend money on a yearly basis and 2017 was no different for the organization. According to numbers released Monday by the NFLPA, the Steelers spent $165,073,198 in cash in 2017 and that was 98.85% of what the league’s salary cap number was ($167 million).
How much teams did, and did not, spend in 2017: pic.twitter.com/fihOoLhDLS
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 26, 2018
In case you didn’t already know it, as part of the 2011 CBA, NFL clubs are required to spend 89% of the salary cap in cash averaged during a four-year period.