The Pittsburgh Steelers benefited so much from the steep salary cap increase that they are already in cap compliance before dealing with free agency and without restructuring any contracts. Yes, they cut a handful of players, including starters, but none that came as a shock. Importantly, all of those moves seemed at least equally personnel driven.
They are still not in a great position to make a splash in outside free agency, but they can get themselves there from where they are now. One move Mark Kaboly believes they should be able to make is to add a significant commodity to the defense.