Steelers mock offseason: Steps to the best possible roster in 2021

Re-signings

With this newfound “wealth” the Steelers will prioritize bringing back some of their pending free agents. Luckily, a lot of the options that the team should be pursuing to resign are relatively cheap. The team has to tender Robert Spillane, and his cap hit will still be marginal despite his projected starting promotion with Williams getting cut. As well, the Steelers re-sign Jordan Berry, Olasunkanami Odeniyi, and Cassius Marsh to minimum contracts. All three are somewhat valuable and should be brought back if they are willing to play for cheap.

The next target is Tyson Alualu. I plan on offering him the veteran benefit minimum deal, where he only counts as a minimum salary, but the team can pay him roughly 2.25 million for the year. It would be surprising if another team gets close to that offer. As well, Zach Banner re-ups with the Steelers for one year, 1.5 million dollars. I fully guarantee his contract to entice him to take a smaller salary.

The crown jewel of the re-signings is Cameron Sutton, as he gets a three-year deal worth 18 million dollars. He gets a 6 million dollar signing bonus that allows for his first-year cap hit to only be 3-million dollars. Easily, he is one of the most important candidates that the team has to bring back. The Steelers head into free agency with 9.5 million in cap space to work with and holes at still all over the place.