{"id":805079,"date":"2026-03-10T18:53:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/805079\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:53:29","slug":"jamel-dean-steelers-contract-details-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/805079\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamel Dean Steelers contract details revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers and former Buccaneers cornerback Jamel Dean agreed to a three-year, $36.75 million deal on the first day of the NFL\u2019s legal tampering period Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/player\/jamel-dean\/7885#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Over the Cap<\/a> reported the structure of Dean\u2019s contract in Pittsburgh, and it\u2019s impressively team friendly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dean has a $1.5 million salary in 2026, and along with his pro-rated $12 million signing bonus, he\u2019ll have just a $5.5 million cap hit in Year 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dean will earn a $4 million roster bonus on the third day of the league year in 2027, where his cap hit will jump to $16 million. However, if cut after his first season he\u2019ll come with $8 million in dead cap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In 2028, Dean\u2019s cap hit will drop to $15.25 million with just $4 million in dead cap if released. At no point is he projected to cost more than 5% of the team\u2019s cap space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">You can view the full contract details <a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/player\/jamel-dean\/7885#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> on OTC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dean is turning 30 in 2026 and has struggled to stay healthy for full seasons, but his contract is easy to get out of in future years, lessening the risk. In 2025 with Tampa Bay, he logged 38 total tackles, three interceptions, and nine passes defensed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Steelers and former Buccaneers cornerback Jamel Dean agreed to a three-year, $36.75 million deal on the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,2374,29510,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-805079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-salary-cap","14":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","15":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116206398211043570","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}