RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - DECEMBER 15: DK Metcalf #4 of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs into the end zone for a touchdown during the third quarter of the game against the Miami Dolphins at Acrisure Stadium on December 15, 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Pittsburgh Steelers are restructuring the contract of wide receiver DK Metcalf, per Field Yates . The team is converting his base salary into a signing bonus, which will create nearly $18 million in cap space. Upon being acquired via trade from the Seattle Seahawks in March, 2o25, Metcalf and the Steelers agreed to a four-year, $132 million extension.
One would believe this has everything to do with getting a long-term deal done with Joey Porter Jr, which Brooke Pryor hinted at in response to the news.
“Seems like $18 million in cap space could help a team navigate past an ‘impasse,” Pryor posted on X.
It certainly does seem like this is Pittsburgh getting one step closer to signing their rising star cornerback to a long-term extension after extending Nick Herbig, Darnell Washington, and Keeanu Benton.
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