It’s been a busy 24 hours for the NFL as not only was a new CBA ratified by the players late Saturday night, the league’s salary cap number for 2020 was released not long after on Sunday. So, how did today’s news instantly impact the Pittsburgh Steelers and especially their 2020 salary cap situation? Let’s take a quick look.
As I already posted, the new CBA means the 30 percent rule now goes away and that will make it much easier for the Steelers to create salary cap space for the 2020 season via traditional contract restructures.