The new NFL league year begins on March 17th, and that is when teams need to be compliant with the 2021 salary cap. What is that number? No one knows at the moment, but teams like the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to have to find a way to get under whatever cap number is presented to all 32 organizations.
One way of getting cap compliant is to release players who might have inflated salary cap his. For the Steelers, players like Joe Haden, Vince Williams and David DeCastro have been talking points for potential cap casualties, and other NFL teams are having the same conversations as they prepare for the next season.