ORLANDO, Fla. – Could the Steelers possibly re-do the contract of injured linebacker Ryan Shazier to create more room under the salary cap and extend his deal another year?
General manager Kevin Colbert said it’s always a possibility, but quickly added “that’s so far down the road” it is not part of the team’s thought process.
Shazier is scheduled to count $8.718 million against the cap in 2018, which is the final year of his five-year contract he signed as a No. 1 draft choice in 2014.
“Ryan’s recovery is first and foremost,” Colbert said. “Our approach is there’s no ceiling in Ryan’s recovery. It’s a process. We support him every day. Where it leads only he will know and only he will determine it further down the road.”
First Published: March 25, 2018, 3:57 p.m.
