Player: Clifton Geathers
Position: Defensive End
Experience: 6
Free Agent Status: Unrestricted
2015 Salary Cap Hit: $665,000
2015 Season Breakdown: When the Steelers signed veteran journeyman defensive end Clifton Geathers to a one-year contract at the start of the 2015 offseason, it raised some eyebrows, even if he had spent some time with the team the year before.
Veteran defensive end Brett Keisel went down with a season-ending—and ultimately career-ending—arm injury 12 games into the 2014 season. When he was placed on injured reserve, the team signed Geathers to take his place on the roster, but he never saw a helmet on game day in the four regular season game plus one postseason game that he spent with the team.