Things no doubt might have played out differently this offseason had there been no global pandemic, which wreaked havoc on the NFL’s economics during the past year. Players who otherwise would still be with their former teams are now elsewhere, or even on the street.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are among those teams who were forced into making some salary cap casualties as a result of the approximately $25 million swing in terms of where the salary cap was expected to be versus where it currently is.
One of those cuts was Vince Williams, among the leaders of the defense, whose role will now have to be filled by another.