Steely McBeam
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The Steelers don’t re-do contracts once the season starts. This means that the Steelers and cornerback Joe Haden were playing beat the clock to get a new deal in place before next Sunday’s opener against the Patriots.
They pulled it off. Per a league source, Haden and the Steelers agreed to terms on a two-year extension for $22 million.
Haden was entering the final year of his three-year deal with the Steelers, signed after he was cut by the Browns before the season started. Due to make $10 million this season, it’s now a three-year, $32 million arrangement for Haden, with more than half of the amount — $16.8 million — paid in the form of a signing bonus.
The seventh overall pick in the 2010 draft, the 30-year-old Haden has appeared in 39 regular-season games in three season for the Steelers.