Top 7 salary cap hits on the Steelers roster

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At present, the Pittsburgh Steelers are sitting on just $4.2 million in salary cap space. This is among the worst in the league. This is due in large part to just how top-heavy the roster is in terms of salary. Allocation for the Top 51 salaries is $304.25 million and of that, almost $166 million is being paid to just seven players. These seven players are also the only players on the roster with cap hits over $10 million.

Here are the seven biggest cap hits on the team.

1. EDGE - T.J. Watt - $42 million
2. WR - DK Metcalf - $31 million
3. QB Aaron Rodgers - $22.5 million
4. EDGE Alex Highsmith - $20.1 million
5. CB Jalen Ramsey - $19.5 million
6. LB Patrick Queen - $17.19 million
7. DT Cameron Heyward - $13.675 million

Seeing five of the top seven on defense is no surprise and definitely a carryover from the Mike Tomlin era, when everything was about building a defense to cover for the offense. With some huge free-agency decisions on the horizon, it will be important to come back to this list and the position the Steelers front office has put this team in.

This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Top 7 salary cap hits on the Steelers roster

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