Salary Cap Situation

Art II said today the team is around $10 million over right now.

10 largest salaries for 2012:

1. Troy Polamalu: $6.3 million
2. James Harrison: $5.8 million
3. Larry Foote: $3 million
4. Ryan Clark: $3 million
5. Brett Kiesel: $2.8 million
6. Casey Hampton: $2.8 million
7. Mike Wallace $2.7 million
8. Rashard Mendenhall: $1.8 million
9. Shaun Suisham: 1.4 million
10. Will Allen: $1.3 million and Ramon Foster: $1.3 million

* Ben Roethlisberger, LaMarr Woodley, Lawrence Timmons, Willie Colon, and Ike Taylor took "cuts" to between $900k and $700k.


10 largest salaries for 2013:

1. Ben Roethlisberger: $11.6 million
2. Lamarr Woodley: $9 million
3. Troy Polamalu: $7.5 million
4. James Harrison: $6.6 million
5. Ike Taylor: $6 million
6. Willie Colon: $5.5 million
7. Lawrence Timmons: $5.4 million
8. Heath Miller: $5.1 million
9. Ryan Clark: $3.5 million
10. Brett Keisel: $2.8 million

Cutting Harrison and Colon (would put $5.6 million on next season's cap, if I'm getting this right, because of signing bonuses due), not resigning Mendenhall, Wallace, and Clark, and Casey retiring would free up about $17 million, I believe.

Shrinking Troy and Heath's contracts like they did with those other guys last year would help, too.

 

Heath...and only Heath should get a raise

 

if you cut colon after 1 june you can spread in two years the dead money , would be nice to trade him and have a pick in his place , at least you have something back for that milion dead

 

Under circumstances where they could afford to give Heath a raise, I would agree, but under these, a restructure is what is needed. That doesn't mean he won't get his money.

 

No one is going to trade for Willie. He's a 30 year old G with a history of injury problems and a big contract.

 

And he holds every other play when healthy