Uncharacteristic of the Pittsburgh Steelers this offseason, the organization spent over $45 million on three players in free agency. Also uncharacteristic: they had the salary cap space to spend it. Thanks to Le’Veon Bell, who will hopefully also afford them a third-round compensatory draft pick in 2020. But I digress.
The Steelers acquired three players who could be starters for them this season in cornerback Steven Nelson, linebacker Mark Barron, and wide receiver Donte Moncrief. Nelson, given a three-year, $25.5 million deal, is pretty much guaranteed to start no matter what happens, though the other two are less certain.