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cap situation." Latest NewsUpdating the overall health of the Pittsburgh Steelers salary cap situationNew Stephon Tuitt Jersey ,20commentsTaking a look at the Pittsburgh Steelers 2019 salary cap situation.EDTGive Joe Haden a new contract.Give Sean Davis a new contractGive Mike Hilton a new contract.Give Tre Boston a contract. (Update: Signed for $3 million for 2019.)The Pittsburgh Steelers opened up cap space by restructuring Stephon Tuitt so the team is again flush with cash to spend. Time to go on a spending spree.No, no, no and no!What do you mean no? The team has $5 million to spend now but they should hold it back for a rainy day? The roundabout answer is yes. The team carries over around $3.5 million into the season exactly for a rainy day fund as do all NFL teams. When a player gets injured and put onto injured reserve another player has to take his spot. The salary the two players earn counts against the salary cap. This money is also kept in reserve in case another team comes and tries to poach one of our practice squad players. If a practice squad player is with the team, the whole season he will earn $129,200 or $7,600 per week. There is no maximum a practice squad player can make and the money may be used in a bidding war for a player. (The New England Patriots are well known for paying practices squad players above the minimum.) The team is now left with $1.5 million. Now that $3.5 million has been chopped from the $5 million in cap space now the team needs to keep money squirreled away to actually pay the practice squad players. Right now we do not know who they will be but the Steelers need to account for their paychecks. There will be 10 players who will earn a minimum of $1,292,000. Pittsburgh does not make a habit of paying practice squad players over the minimum but they have in the past and no doubt a certain amount is figured in. For this exercise, $1.5 million will be allocated. All the cap space has now been dispersed but there is a slight issue. The rule of 51. The Rule of 51 is one of the odd NFL rules where during the offseason only the top 51 salaries count against the cap. But during the season the team carries 53 players. As these players salaries are not accounted for now, they must be figured in when discussing cap space. Jaylen Samuels ($634 Jesse James Jersey ,516) and Zach Gentry ($581,115) are those two players. Their combined salaries are over $1.2 million. There are several players who sit outside of the top 53 who should/could make the roster and take the spots of more expensive players inside the top 53. With the team $1.2 million in the red, could enough displacement bring the total to zero? Possibly. A player such as Ola Adeniyi will earn $575,000 or Damian Prince will earn $495,000 compared to more expensive players. Pittsburgh’s American Express card is under the credit limit right now but food, (10 practice squad players) mortgage, (52nd and 53 players) and the NFL Game Pass (Carryover) has not been paid for yet. So there is no 65’ big screen in the near future. Unless Davis, Haden, or Hilton sign a deal that is cheaper than their current cap numbers, the Steelers would dig themselves into a deeper hole. The wiggle room the team made with Tuitt’s restructure is already spent but how will the Steelers make more wiggle room and get out of the red? That is the burning question that must be answered in the next five weeks. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin doesn’t like talking about the way his players use social media. The Pittsburgh Steelers coach would prefer to stick to football.Antonio Brown Ryan Shazier Jersey , however, isn’t giving his boss much choice.Tomlin said he plans to speak to the All-Pro wide receiver “directly” after Brown caused a bit of a commotion — again — by taking to Twitter to vent after a former team employee suggested Brown’s stardom is a result of playing with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.Brown responded by tweeting “trade me let’s find out.” When asked Tuesday if one of the NFL’s most dynamic players has asked to be moved, Tomlin responded “no, no” and laughed.Still, Tomlin believes the seemingly incessant inquiries about Brown’s online behavior is growing tiresome.“It’s important that we understand our position, the light that shines on us and the responsibility that comes with it,” Tomlin said.Tomlin plans to provide Brown with a reminder on Wednesday when the team returns to practice. He wasn’t able to on Monday because Brown did not show up for work.Tomlin declined to say whether Brown’s absence was excused, though in the past Tomlin has typically offered an explanation when a player is out.Brown caught nine passes for 67 yards in a 42-37 loss to Kansas City on Sunday that dropped Pittsburgh to 0-1-1. He has 18 receptions for 160 yards and a touchdown through two games, a pace that would easily have him top 100 receptions for a sixth straight season.Yet Brown has struggled at times to keep his emotions in check, be it on social media or on the sideline. Cameras caught him venting in the second half against Kansas City Mel Blount Jersey , and when Roethlisberger dived into the end zone for a 3-yard score that drew the Steelers within five points on Sunday, Brown walked slowly off the field while his teammates celebrated.Tomlin downplayed Brown’s sideline behavior, calling “negative exchanges” the byproduct of not playing well as a whole. The Steelers are off to their worst start since 2013, when they dropped their first four games and missed the playoffs.Brown’s in-game behavior has long been a flashpoint. He famously punched a Gatorade bucket in Baltimore last September and more than once had semi-heated exchanges with former offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Roethlisberger isn’t worried about Brown’s outburst on Sunday .“I think it was just frustration,” Roethlisberger said during his weekly appearance on 93.7 The Fan. “He’s a competitor, and he wants to be the best in the world, and he probably is the best in the world. So he wants to make every play and catch every ball and every touchdown, which is what every player wants to do.”Every player, however, has not regularly forced the Steelers to either reprimand him — Brown drew a strong rebuke from Tomlin after livestreaming a locker room celebration following a playoff victory over Kansas City in 2017 — or issue an apology Mike Webster Jersey , as the club did last week when Brown threatened an ESPN reporter on Twitter for the way he was portrayed in a story .Tomlin suspended former wide receiver Martavis Bryant for a game last season after Bryant went on Instagram and said he should be playing ahead of rookie JuJu Smith-Schuster.Tomlin said that situation is different because it was one player going after another as opposed to Brown’s latest episodes.Brown will almost certainly be available next Monday when Pittsburgh travels to surprising Tampa Bay (2-0).“He’s been a significant reason why we’ve been successful around here,” Tomlin said of Brown. “He’s going to continue to be.”NOTES: RG David DeCastro (fractured right hand), CB Joe Haden (hamstring) and DT Tyson Alualu (shoulder), who all sat out last week, could return to play against the Buccaneers. … RT Marcus Gilbert (hamstring) and LG Ramon Foster (knee) will be monitored throughout the week. … Tomlin said it’s possible the team could work out punters with Jordan Berry struggling. Berry has a net average of 34.8 through two weeks, a full 5 yards lower than his net average in 2017.