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Steelers Restructure Contract Of DE Stephon Tuitt To Free Up $6.34 Million In Cap Space

The Pittsburgh Steelers, as expected, have now restructured the contract of defensive end Stephon Tuitt, according to a Monday report by Field Yates of ESPN.

According to Yates, the Steelers converted $7.925 million of Tuitt’s 2021 base salary into a signing bonus, creating $6.34M in 2021 cap space. If Yates’ numbers are correct, it likely means that the Steelers added three voidable years on to Tuitt’s contract as part of the restructure.

Tuitt was originally scheduled to earn $9 million in 2021 and have a cap charge of $14,940,750. This restructure takes his base salary down to 1.