The Pittsburgh Steelers’ 2017 season has already been over for a couple of weeks, and they have already been signing players to new contracts. Some of those, like the one handed out to Jordan Berry, the punter, are run-of-the-mill one-year deals, but there is also the more vague ‘Reserve/Future’ contract that is given out typically to inexperienced players.
A Reserve/Future contract is simply a regular contract that is used to sign players prior to the start of the new league year that does not officially count against the salary cap until the new league year begins.