At long last, Joe Haden has agreed to a new deal with the Steelers. Haden’s brand new two-year extension will pay him $22 million and keep him under club control through the 2021 campaign (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport). As a part of the deal, Haden will receive a $16.8 million signing bonus. For this year, he’ll earn his previously slated $10 million-a-year salary. We’re still waiting on the specific breakdown of the pact, but it’ll likely lessen Haden’s cap hit in the near term, giving the Steelers some additional flexibility. After missing time in 2018 with an injury, Haden returned to play 15 games last season. He graded out as a top-40 cornerback, according to Pro Football Focus – that’s a notch below his best Browns years, but the 30-year-old remains an upper-echelon cover man. The Steelers added cornerbacks this offseason, signing Steven Nelson and drafting Justin Layne in Round 3. Meanwhile, they’ll move forward with disappointing 2016 first-rounder Artie Burns after cutting him an $800K b
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Sunday, September 1, 2019
Steelers extend Joe Haden for two years, $22 million
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