The Pittsburgh Steelers needed more salary cap space ahead of the 2020 regular season getting underway and as expected, they have now created some via a contract restructure on guard David DeCastro, according to Field Yates of ESPN.
With roster movement upon us, three teams created notable 2020 cap space by converting a veteran’s base salary into a signing bonus, per source:
Buccaneers: $9.5M created via Mike Evans
49ers: $9.5M created via Dee Ford
Steelers: $3.85M created via David DeCastro— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 5, 2020
If you are a faithful reader of this site and listener of the podcast, you know that I’ve been calling for a DeCastro restructure to happen prior to the start of the regular season for several weeks now.