With the Steelers now only focused on the offseason, the first major event will happen in just over a month when the new league year begins and free agency opens. Pittsburgh historically has been timid when it comes to free agents, but there has been an uptick in bigger signings in recent years.
Also breaking precedent is the amount of cap space that the Steelers currently have. While there isn’t a set cap number for the 2025 season, current projections have the team sitting with nearly 40.5 million dollars in space. That can certainly go a long way in rebuilding this roster.
That doesn’t take into account that this team doesn’t have a quarterback and George Pickens, if kept, will need a large new deal to keep him happy. Even with the surplus of cap space, there are a lot of avenues that this team needs to take to gain some extra space.
Some of these moves are obvious, and while the large-cap savings aren’t needed on paper, they are a direct benefit from cutting some dead weight off this team. Other moves are more difficult to determine.
Depending on how the Steelers go about this, they could easily have a historically high amount of cap space to dabble with. Hopefully, the team will actually spend that money smartly.
