Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Steelers restructured ILB Vince Williams‘ contract in recent days and cleared $2,863,334 of cap space for the 2019 season.
Pelissero adds that Williams is still due to make $5.1 million for the 2019 season.
Williams, 28, is a former sixth-round pick of the Steelers back in 2013. He was in the final year of his three-year, $6.175 million contract and set to make a base salary of $2 million for the 2018 season when he agreed to a new four-year deal worth $20.6 million last year.
In 2018, Williams appeared in 14 games for the Steelers and recorded 76 tackles, 4.5 sacks, an interception returned for a touchdown and two pass defenses.
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