We all know by now that the Pittsburgh Steelers are rarely significant players when it comes to free agency. The 2014 offseason was a bit of an aberration, not only in terms of the size of a few of the contracts, but also in terms of the volume of free agents brought in.
Their general philosophy is to build from within utilizing the draft and rookie free agents as their primary source of talent, developing their own and retaining them, as they have done recently with key pieces of their offensive line, and as they are expected to do later this offseason on both lines.