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Kevin Greene Jersey ,28commentsWe take a look at the projected four-year rookie deal the former Michigan linebacker can expect from the Steelers EDTShareTweetShareShareExpected salary cap costs of Steelers 2019 first-round draft pick Devin BushChristopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY SportsHaving heard his name called as the Pittsburgh Steelers 2019 first-round draft pick, Devin Bush will soon become a rather wealthy young man. And thanks to a sliding scale for rookie contracts agreed to under the terms of the CBA, the former Michigan linebacker should already have a good idea of how much being drafted by the Steelers will earn him. Using figures generated by OverTheCap.com, we can now also work out how much Bush will cost Pittsburgh over the length of his rookie deal and how it will impact their salary cap position this year. A number that will be much higher than it would otherwise have been if the Steelers had remained at pick No.20. Bush is projected to earn a total of just under $19 million as part of a four-year deal that will include a signing bonus worth around $11.75 million. Like all players selected in the draft this year, he will receive a base salary of just $495,000 in year one. a contract worth a total of $5.5 million
Lynn Swann Jersey , one that would have come with a cap hit of just over $1 million in year-one. Costing the Steelers less than $3.5 million against the cap this season, Bush will actually only use up around $2.86 million in salary cap space after displacement. As a first-round draft pick, Pittsburgh will also hold a fifth-year option on his contract under current CBA rules. The last time Antonio Brown posted a behind-the-scenes recording, it was from the Steelers’ locker room and Mike Tomlin was not amused. Now Brown had done it again, and given fans an interesting look into his conversations with agent Drew Rosenhaus before he was traded to the Raiders.The audio, which Brown provided to the Boomin Experience podcast
Bud Dupree Jersey , reveals that Rosenhaus believed the Raiders’ interest was declining before the trade actually happened.“Oakland, I think, is fading. I kind of get the sense that they’re fading a little bit,” Rosenhaus told Brown.Rosenhaus thought instead that the Eagles or Patriots might be the teams to acquire Brown. The audio also confirms that Brown had no interest in playing in Buffalo, despite reports that the Bills and Steelers came close on a trade.“When the Bills called me today they said, ‘If we make the trade
David DeCastro Jersey , what are you guys looking for?’ I wouldn’t even give them a number because I know you don’t want to go there,” Rosenhaus told Brown.Rosenhaus said there were six teams showing interest in a trade, and that he was pushing the Steelers to trade Brown to a good team with a good quarterback.“The teams that want you right now are New England, Philadelphia, Tennessee, Washington and Buffalo
Darrius Heyward-Bey Jersey , with Oakland still in the picture,” Rosenhaus said.Both Rosenhaus and Brown seemed to think the trade compensation to the Steelers was going to be higher than it was, as they discussed the possibility of teams trading two first-round picks to the Steelers for Brown. In the end, the Raiders gave up only a third-round pick and a fifth-round pick.Rosenhaus said he put Steelers G.M. Kevin Colbert in touch with Bill Belichick but thought the Steelers might be hesitant to trade him to the Patriots. Rosenhaus also said the Steelers had shown an eagerness to get a deal done.“The Steelers have been good communicators with me. We’ve talked a couple times every day,” Rosenhaus said.The audio is a fascinating look at how Brown and Rosenhaus went through the process of orchestrating the trade, and Brown’s lucrative contract extension.