The Pittsburgh Steelers lost a little bit of salary cap space this past week due to players who had previously suffered injuries.
On Wednesday and Thursday the Steelers lost $42,702 in salary cap space each day due to the injury settlements they recently gave to wide receivers Marcus Tucker and Damoun Patterson. That specific amount reveals that both players were given two weeks of the $363,000 split salary each was scheduled to earn after landing on the Steele Reserve/Injured list.
In addition to losing $85,404 in salary cap space for those two injury settlements this past week, the Steelers also had a $550,000 deduction on Friday and that should be for an extended injury protection benefit claim filed for by former Steelers tight end Ladarius Green that I projected the team being charged this year way back in January.