Despite releasing three players and Ramon Foster’s retirement, the Pittsburgh Steelers still have work to do in order to get cap compliant. Helping them do that is Vance McDonald who according to Adam Caplan, has agreed to restructure his contract and free up space.
As Caplan notes, McDonald will convert a large chunk of his base salary into a signing bonus. His current deal runs through 2021, letting them spread out the cap hit and open up much needed room.
If Steelers did a full restructure on McDonald and took his base salary down to the new league minimum of $1.