The first offseason contract restructure for the Pittsburgh Steelers has been taken care of as Albert Breer of NFL.com reports linebacker Lawrence Timmons has had his 2013 cap hit lowered roughly $5 million.
Timmons was originally set to earn a $5.375 million base salary in 2013 and also had a roster bonus due him of $2.5 million. The roster bonus and more than $4 million of his base salary were combined together and turned into a signing bonus in order to create the cap savings. The max that the Steelers could have saved with this structure is $5.37 million and we will have to wait and see Read more [...]
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