For the last several weeks we have been examining potential free agent targets for the Steelers. Those were based on the assumption that they had at least several million dollars of cap room to work with, based on projections from Spotrac.com and Over the Cap.
However, according to a report by Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, those sites’ numbers are inaccurate and they’re $2.5 million in the red:
“The Steelers are $2.5 million over their projected salary cap, a league source with intimate knowledge of the cap told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. That is in stark contrast with various public Internet sites that track each NFL team’s salaries.