The Pittsburgh Steelers lost $1.516 million of salary cap space on the NFLPA public salary cap sheet on Thursday morning, and that deduction caught me a little bit by surprise. After thorough research, it appears that the loss of salary cap space might stem from a dead money charge related to WR Mike Williams. Over the Cap now has Williams listed with a dead money charge of $1.516 million for 2025 as of Thursday morning as well.
So, where and how did this dead money charge come about? After playing with numbers related to his contract from last year, I think I have figured it out.