A couple of months ago we passed along a report from Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette pointing out that Steelers linebacker Lamarr Woodley wasn’t likely to get a new contract, even though his performance on the field would suggest that he deserves a significant raise from the $550,000 he’s scheduled to make this year.
Today ESPN.com has an update to the Woodley situation that really isn’t much of an update at all: A source tells ESPN that Woodley still isn’t likely to get a new contract and will instead play out the final year of his rookie deal.
But while that news isn’t particularly new, it’s worth reiterating that Woodley is yet another example of a player who’s finding out that the uncapped year in 2010 isn’t the bonanza some people thought it would be. Along with the uncapped year comes the “30 percent rule,” which makes it impossible for the Steelers to give Woodley the kind of raise that a 25-year-old with 25 sacks over the last two seasons could ordinarily expect.
And so Woodley is one of the many players finding out this offseason that the uncapped year isn’t all it was cracked up to be.