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Steelers Restructure Minkah Fitzpatrick's Contract, Clearing Cap Space

The Pittsburgh Steelers add to their available money by reworking Minkah Fitzpatrick's salary.

Noah Strackbein

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers have begun saving cap space, restructuring Minkah Fitzpatrick's contract to reduce his 2023 salary to just $7.9 million, according to OverTheCap. 

Fitzpatrick signed a four-year, $72.98 million extension with the Steelers last offseason, making him the highest-paid safety in the NFL at the time. With the change of his contract for the 2023 season, Pittsburgh opens up about $10 million. 

Fitzpatrick is one of a few big-name contracts the Steelers can restructure to create cap space. T.J. Watt is a candidate every year with his record-breaking deal, and could add $12.6 million in available money. 

Myles Jack and Mitch Trubisky could add extensions or void years to their deal and clear cap space as well. 

Pittsburgh also has cap casualty options in Gunner Olszewski and Ahkello Witherspoon, which would add $6 million in available cap space.

So far, the Steelers have signed three outside free agents and re-signed two players.

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Noah Strackbein
NOAH STRACKBEIN

Noah is the Publisher for All Steelers, Inside the Panthers (InsideThePanthers.com) and Inside the Penguins (InsidethePenguins.com), and is the host of All Steelers Talk (YouTube.com/AllSteelersTalk). A Scranton native, Noah made his way to the Pittsburgh sports scene in 2017. Now, he's pretty much full-yinzer.

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