Per ESPN’s Field Yates, the Steelers are restructuring WR D.K. Metcalf‘s contract to create almost $18 million in 2026 cap space.
Metcalf was scheduled to make a base salary of $25 million in 2026 and carry a cap number of $31 million, per Over The Cap. Before restructuring Metcalf, Pittsburgh had just over $1 million in 2026 cap space.
Metcalf, 28, is a former second-round pick by the Seahawks in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Ole Miss. Seattle traded up to select him and exchanged the No. 77 and No. 118 picks for him.
He signed a four-year, $4,586,054 rookie contract, including a $1,355,312 signing bonus with the Seahawks, and was set to earn a base salary of $3,986,000 in 2022 when he signed a three-year, $72 million extension.
Metcalf was due base salaries of $13 million and $18 million in the final two years of the deal when he restructured his contract in 2024. He’s set to make a base salary of $18 million in 2024 and was scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent in 2026.
Seattle traded Metcalf to Pittsburgh with a sixth-round pick this past offseason for a second-round pick and a seventh-round pick and then signed him to a four-year, $132 million extension through 2029.
In 2025, Metcalf appeared in 15 games for the Steelers and caught 59 passes for 850 yards and six touchdowns.
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