Martavis Bryant, Jesse James, And Proven Performance Escalators Explained

Three Pittsburgh Steelers players got a boost in their 2018 scheduled salaries recently with the start of the new league beginning officially reflecting Proven Performance Escalators in the contracts of fourth-year players Martavis Bryant and Jesse James. That means that the Steelers have even less cap space than you might have thought, unless you read Dave Bryan’s post from Wednesday night, or his other cap updates through the offseason.

Proven Performance Escalators are part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and pertain to all players that are drafted between the third and seventh rounds. Such players who play either 35 percent of their team’s snaps on offense or defense over their…