Steelers reportedly won’t extend Dupree, Davis, Hargrave before season

While the Steelers are working on a new contract for cornerback Joe Haden, Pittsburgh doesn’t plan to negotiate extensions for edge rusher Bud Dupree, safety Sean Davis or defensive tackle Javon Hargrave before the start of the regular season, according to Ed Bouchette of The Athletic. All three defenders will become free agents at season’s end, but Pittsburgh isn’t planning to discuss new deals until the offseason. The Steelers may have a myriad of reasons not to extend Dupree, Davis, and/or Hargrave, but financial concerns are almost certainly at play. Pittsburgh currently has the fourth-least amount of cap space (~$5.213 million) in the NFL, per Over the Cap, and the Steelers' outlook isn’t much better next year. In 2020, the Steelers project to have just $7.7 million in available funds, seventh-least in the league. Dupree, a first-round pick in the 2015 draft, will earn more than $9 million in 2019 while playing under his fifth-year option. An athletic testing marvel coming out of Kentucky, Dupree has mo

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