Following free agency has always been a bit of a bittersweet time period as a Steelers fan.
Despite a glut of stars and game-changing talent hitting the open market, Pittsburgh has been notorious for being frugal, not spending its available money. In part, that practice reflected the beliefs of long general manager Kevin Colbert, but it’s also somewhat a characteristic of a franchise that has tended to prefer homegrown talent and bolstering the roster through the draft.
However, everything did an about-face last March.
After years of hardly doling out cash, the Steelers spent $146.