Cap?

[kyflash15]

do the steelers have enough cap room to sign a free agent cb or ol man? the more and more i think about it the problems we need to fix are oline and our cbs.. we have allowed way too many sacks this year..

[clevestinks]

If not, make room by giving big contract Taylor, who wasnt starting towards the end of the season, and Reed the axe. Plus we save more Staley money this season I think!

[Haiku_Dirtt]

Question. Will throwing money around in free agency be the best solution this offseason? The cost of premiere free-agent offensive lineman and running backs is sick. Just ask the Seahawks (one lost - one retained).

The Rooney's should be bolstering the scouting department ASAP with that merchandise 'war chest' from last season. We could draft as high as 10-12.

But. Since the D-line was the only unit to show up this season we may have more holes than plugs.

So bringing in more bodies via the draft may be the only option...and a few chaperones too.

[BigDuke6]

I'm from the Rooney school on FAs. Just ask Dan Snyder how well big-ticket FAs work.

[clevestinks]

I'm from the Rooney school on FAs. Just ask Dan Snyder how well big-ticket FAs work.

I agree, I`m just looking to save money for the draft, and for players we need to sign in the future troy, ben etc.

[Stlrs4Life]

These numbers are as of December 11th this year, and they come from Peter King on NBC's Football Night in America.

Team Cap Space (in millions)...worst to 1st

Washington - 1
Pittsburgh - 1.4
Carolina - 3.6
Indianapolis - 4.5
Baltimore - 5.5
Denver - 5.7
Kansas City - 6.1
Atlanta - 8.1
Philadelphia - 10.7
Oakland - 14.1
NY Giants - 14.4
Miami - 16.8
Houston - 19.8
Chicago - 20.4
Dallas - 21.2
Tampa Bay - 21.3
Seattle - 22.9
Detroit - 23.1
NY Jets - 24.3
San Diego - 24.7
St. Louis - 26.6
New Orleans - 26.8
New England - 27
Green Bay - 28.4
Cincinnati - 28.8
Jacksonville - 31.1
Minnesota - 31.5
Cleveland - 31.9
Arizona - 35.2
Buffalo - 37.9
Tennessee - 39.9
San Francisco - 41.8

[Stlrs4Life]

And here is the teams salary cap:
2007 Steelers’ Salary Cap – Team Salary
Updated : December 4, 2006
PLAYER
POSITION
YEAR
BASE SALARY
PRORATED SB
ROSTER
WORKOUT
LTBE
DEION
CAP VALUE
Bryant McFadden
CB
2007
$435,000
$269,750


$704,750
Deshea Townsend
CB
2007
$1,400,000
$572,500


$1,972,500
Ike Taylor
CB
2007
$3,325,000
$1,280,000
$275,000


$4,880,000
Ricardo Colclough
CB
2007
$510,000
$474,450


-$237,225
$747,225
Aaron Smith
DE
2007
$3,500,000
$2,360,666
$1,000,000

$350,000

$7,210,666
Brett Keisel
DE
2007
$2,650,000
$822,500



$3,472,500
Travis Kirschke
DE
2007
$1,600,000
$553,333


$2,153,333
Casey Hampton
DT
2007
$4,260,000
$1,543,750


$200,000

$6,003,750
Chris Hoke
DT
2007
$900,000
$166,667


$1,066,667
Jeff Reed
K
2007
$1,450,000
$300,000


$15,000

$1,765,000
Clark Haggans
LB
2007
$2,465,000
$1,236,666


$300,000

$4,001,666
Clint Kriewaldt
LB
2007
$720,000
$266,666


$986,666
James Farrior
LB
2007
$3,000,000
$1,258,750


$4,258,750
James Harrison
LB
2007
$1,100,000
$343,750




$1,443,750
Joey Porter
LB
2007
$4,000,000
$1,387,083
$1,000,000

$225,000

$6,612,083
Larry Foote
LB
2007
$2,325,000
$1,047,500




$3,372,500
Rian Wallace
LB
2007
$435,000
$37,167




$472,167
Alan Faneca
OL
2007
$3,375,000
$1,597,750
$1,000,000

$150,000

$6,122,750
Chris Kemoeatu
OL
2007
$435,000
$20,583




$455,583
Chukky Okobi
OL
2007
$2,000,000
$456,083




$2,456,083
Jeff Hartings
OL
2007
$3,600,000
$875,000




$4,475,000
Kendall Simmons
OL
2007
$900,000
$535,664




$1,435,664
Marvel Smith
OL
2007
$4,200,000
$2,195,500
$250,000


$6,645,500
Marvin Philip
OL
2007
$360,000
$19,716



$379,716
Trai Essex
OL
2007
$435,000
$153,334



$588,334
Ulish Booker
OL
2007
$360,000
$2,000


$362,000
Willie Colon
OL
2007
$360,000
$94,500




$454,500
Chris Gardocki
P
2007
$1,088,750
$212,500




$1,301,250
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
2007
$1,006,000
$1,547,500



-$277,500
$2,276,000
Charlie Batch
QB
2007
$1,355,000
$266,666



$1,621,666
Dan Kreider
RB
2007
$950,000
$210,000



$1,160,000
Verron Haynes
RB
2007
$840,000
$162,500




$1,002,500
Willie Parker
RB
2007
$2,425,000
$937,500
$250,000



$3,612,500
Anthony Smith
S
2007
$360,000
$173,833



$533,833
Ryan Clark
S
2007
$1,500,000
$412,500


$1,912,500
Troy Polamalu
S
2007
$1,088,000
$1,089,000



-$544,500
$1,632,500
Heath Miller
TE
2007
$517,500
$862,500


$1,380,000
Jerame Tuman
TE
2007
$1,200,000
$300,000



$1,500,000
Cedrick Wilson
WR
2007
$1,900,000
$500,000



$2,400,000
Hines Ward
WR
2007
$3,585,000
$2,000,000


$333,333

$5,918,333
Santonio Holmes
WR
2007

$1,300,000
Willie Reid
WR
2007
$360,000
$151,033



$511,033



DEAD MONEY



$76,666
Cedric Humes
RB


$20,000
Orien Harris


$185,332
Charles Davis
TE

$69,332
ESTIMATE SFA 2006
ALL


$40,000
Duce Staley
RB


$2,342,500

[SteelCityMan786]

I thought Duce was off of the pay roll.

[lamberts-lost-tooth]

Harting is probably retiring...Porter will probably get picked up by another team...Duce is gone we could let Wilson..Tuman...Reed go with the chance of replacing all of them with equal or greater talent..all for a total of about $19.5 million

Of course thats if someone picks up some of those players and we dont have to eat all or part of their salaries