2009 Steelers Roster Primer
by maryrose on Feb 13, 2009 4:17 PM EST
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PrintThis will be a simple review of where we are at the moment with the 2009 Steelers roster. The NFL Salary Cap raises 6 percent this year to $123M per club. Also, first-year players in 2009 must receive at least $310k in salary; second-year players get $385k; third-year players get $460k. On Friday, February 27 the following Steelers will no longer be Steelers and do show up on any 2009 payroll at the moment (of course, any or all can be re-signed):
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - (three NFL seasons accumulated, the Steelers can match any offer or receive compensatory picks):
Willie Colon, Carey Davis, Jon Dekker, Trai Essex, Arnold Harrison, Anthony Madison, Sean McHugh, Anthony Smith,
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: (four years of service, can sign with anyone with no strings attached):
Mitch Berger, Charlie Batch, Fernando Bryant, Keyaron Fox, Andre Fraizer, Chris Kemoeatu, Byron Leftwich, Bryant McFadden, Jared Retkofsky, Orpheus Roye, Marvel Smith, Max Starks, Nate Washington
The Steelers have added the following 10 players who, at the moment, are counted under the 2009 salary cap:
Dallas Baker ($460), Doug Legursky ($385), Roy Lewis ($385), Stefan logan ($385), Ryan Mundy ($385), Ryan Powdrell ($310), Dezmond Sherrod ($385), Justin Vincent ($385), Brandon Williams (($460) and Donovan Woods ($385).
This leaves our roster currently at 51 players scheduled to use $103,332,000 off the salary cap. This leaves us roughly $20 million under the cap at the moment. This money will get eaten up by re-signing our own free agents, re-negotiating current salaries (e.g. Deebo), signing other free agents and signing players from the NFL draft.
KEY 2009 DATES:
Feb. 19 - Deadline to place a Franchise Tag or Transition Tag.
Feb. 27 - Free Agency begins; trading period begins.
Apr. 17 - Signing period ends for Restricted Free Agents.
Apr. 24 - Deadline for current team to exercise right-of-first-refusal to Restricted Free Agents.
June 1 - Deadline for current teams to send tender to unsigned Unrestricted Free Agents to receive exclusive negotiating rights if player is not signed by another team by July 22; or to extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights.
June 15 - Deadline for current teams to withdraw original qualifying offer to unsigned Unrestricted Free Agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting tender of 110 percent of previous year's salary.
July 22 - Signing period ends at 4:00 p.m. for Unrestricted Free Agents who received tender June 1.
Thus, our 2009 Salary Cap situation is currently as follows:
| Name | 2009 Base Salary | Bonuses | 2009 Salary Cap Hit |
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Bailey, Patrick |
$ 385,000 | $ 0 | $ 385,000 |
| Baker, Dallas | $ 460,000 | $ 0 | $ 460,000 |
| Capizzi, Jason | $ 385,000 | $ 0 | $ 385,000 |
| Carter, Tyrone | $ 745,000 | $ 93,000 | $ 838,000 |
| Clark, Ryan | $ 1,700,000 | $ 713,000 | $ 2,413,000 |
|
Clement, Kyle |
$ 310,000 | $ 0 | $ 310,000 |
|
Davis, Bruce |
$ 385,000 | $ 169,000 | $ 554,000 |
|
Dixon, Dennis |
$ 385,000 | $ 43,000 | $ 428,000 |
|
Eason, Nick |
$ 620,000 | $ 58,000 | $ 678,000 |
|
Farrior, James |
$ 2,975,000 | $ 1,000,000 | $ 3,975,000 |
|
Foote, Larry |
$ 2,885,000 | $ 1,048,000 | $ 3,933,000 |
|
Gay, William |
$ 460,000 | $ 35,000 | $ 495,000 |
|
Hampton, Casey |
$ 3,075,000 | $ 3,577,000 | $ 6,652,000 |
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Harrison, James |
$ 1,400,000 | $ 344,000 | $ 1,744,000 |
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Hartwig, Justin |
$ 1,750,000 | $ 488,000 | $ 2,238,000 |
|
Hills, Tony |
$ 385,000 | $102,000 | $ 487,000 |
| Hoke, Chris | $1,300,000 | $ 375,000 | $ 1,675,000 |
| Holmes, Santonio | $700,000 | $ 890,000 | $ 1,590,000 |
| Humpal, Mike | $ 385,000 | $ 24,000 | $ 409,000 |
| Keisel, Brett | $ 3,250,000 | $ 1,748,000 | $ 4,998,000 |
| Kirschke, Travis | $ 1,150,000 | $150,000 | $ 1,300,000 |
| Legursky, Doug | $ 385,000 | $ 0 | $ 385,000 |
| Lewis, Roy | $ 385,000 | $ 0 | $ 385,000 |
| Logan, Stefan | $ 385,000 | $ 0 | $ 385,000 |
| Mendenhall, Rashard | $ 385,000 | $ 1,103,000 | $ 1,488,000 |
| Miller, Heath | $ 800,000 | $ 1,613,000 | $ 2,413,000 |
| Moore, Mewelde | $ 1,475,000 | $ 450,000 | $ 1,925,000 |
| Mundy, Ryan | $ 385,000 | $ 0 | $ 385,000 |
| Parker, Willie | $ 3,350,000 | $ 1,188,000 | $ 4,538,000 |
| Paxson, Scott | $ 385,000 | $ 0 | $ 385,000 |
| Polamalu, Troy | $ 2,900,000 | $ 3,595,000 | $ 6,495,000 |
| Powdrell, Ryan | $ 310,000 | $ 0 | $310,000 |
| Reed, Jeff | $ 1,375,000 | $ 583,000 | $ 1,958,000 |
| Roethlisberger, Ben | $ 4,750,000 | $ 8,470,000 | $ 13,220,000 |
| Russell, Gary | $ 460,000 | $ 0 | $ 460,000 |
| Sepulveda, Daniel | $ 460,000 | $ 115,000 | $ 575,000 |
| Sherrod, Dezmond | $ 385,000 | $0 | $ 385,000 |
| Simmons, Kendall | $ 3,100,000 | $ 1,570,000 | $ 4,670,000 |
| Smith, Aaron | $ 2,350,000 | $ 1,600,000 | $ 3,950,000 |
| Spaeth, Matt | $ 460,000 | $ 228,000 | $ 648,000 |
| Stapleton, Darnell | $ 460,000 | $ 3,000 | $ 463,000 |
| Sweed, Limas | $ 385,000 | $ 383,000 | $ 768,000 |
| Taylor, Ike | $ 3,500,000 | $ 2,600,000 | $ 6,100,000 |
| Timmons, Lawrence | $ 460,000 | $ 1,639,000 | $ 2,099,000 |
| Townsend, Deshea | $ 1,800,000 | $ 573,000 | $ 2,373,000 |
| Vincent, Justin | $ 385,000 | $0 | $ 385,000 |
| Ward, Hines | $ 5,800,000 | $ 2,000,000 | $ 7,800,000 |
| Warren, Greg | $ 650,000 | $ 132,000 | $ 782,000 |
| Woodley, LaMarr | $ 460,000 | $ 350,000 | $ 810,000 |
| Woods, Donovan | $ 385,000 | $ 0 | $ 385,000 |
| Williams, Brandon | $ 460,000 | $ 0 | $ 460,000 |
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--------- $ 103,332,000
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MaryRose, Great Job On This!
- Hey, good job on this. Kendall Simmons looks like he could be a worthwhile cap cut to me if they wanted to free some more salary. They could lower Ben’s base to free up more salary as well as extend Ward, Kiesel or Big Snack a year or two to free up space. In other words, this team is in good shape cap-wise along with the 9 draft picks.
Keep up the great work, MR.
Very cool!
…and much appreciated.
by Marvin, The Paranoid Android on Feb 13, 2009 5:47 PM EST reply actions
Sweet!
Thx MaryRose. I have been trying to find a site that had all this info. Time to break out my JR. GM kit and Steeler decoder ring, and try to predict what the Steelers will do this off season.
Nice
Comprehensive and easy to understand. Let the speculation begin. Thanks Rose
by Ivan Cole (RickVa) on Feb 14, 2009 12:53 PM EST reply actions
Trai Essex
Trai Essex is not an unrestricted free agent. He has played for 4 seasons. I don’t think that teams will be beating down his doors to sign him. He would be a nice backup for the Steelers since he knows the system and the Steelers know him more than they know other UFAs or unproven rookies.
Dennis
Number that pops out
$6.1 million for Ike Taylor? That’s like a million for each dropped interception. Wow.
Has anyone figured out why his coverage of Larry Fitzgerald went from amazing to non-existent? Did he just tire out?
2008 salary
Check out this. It shows salries by position in 2008. Twenty seven cb’s made more than Ike in 2008. He’s been a pretty good value.
this is why we have to re-sign B-Mac
He played for 800k last year. He can still be had for good value.
by Michael Bean on Feb 15, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
NO NO NO
Blitz spend the money at the track it will give you a better return !!
by BigDaddyTat2boy on Feb 16, 2009 8:07 AM EST up reply actions
if you can find me 10-15 better corners in the league
who are between the ages of 24-30, I’ll be convinced that we should let B Mac walk. Good luck.
by Michael Bean on Feb 16, 2009 8:29 AM EST up reply actions
Hampton
Anyone else think that Hampton is getting very close to that point where teams start cutting guys to save cap space? An extension to cut his cap hit does seem to be in order, considering we don’t really have his replacement waiting in the wings.
by WolfpackSteelersFan on Feb 15, 2009 11:26 PM EST reply actions
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