Whatever the Pittsburgh Steelers’ plans are for correcting the issues that ail the team at all levels, it all begins with one simple thing, which is the case on an annual basis: becoming cap-compliant, and figuring out ways to navigate the minutiae of the salary cap while retaining a competitive roster.
Outside of the year that Le’Veon Bell opted not to play and chose to forego his significant earnings via the franchise tag, the Steelers have had to do work every offseason for the past decade just to get compliant with the salary cap, meaning that they entered the process over the cap.