Steelers Won’t Reduce WR Mike Wallace’s Tender

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Today is the (only) day the Steelers can slash Wallace’s still-unsigned one-year restricted free agent tender worth $2.72 million to $577,000 for the upcoming season. The Steelers won’t do that according to Mark Kaboly of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “That’s never been an intention of ours,” Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert told 105.9 The X’s Mark Madden yesterday. “When we tendered Mike at the amount we did, the compensation through that tender, we really had no issue with that whatsoever because he is deserving of that.” Wallace skipped voluntary organized team activities over the past month along with mandatory minicamp this week. Because Wallace has yet to sign his tender, and technically isn’t under contract, he was not required to attend any offseason practices. Colbert said that the organization is still confident that the two sides will come together on a long-term contract before the start of the season. “We want him to get a long-term deal that he deserves and I am real confident that we will be able to do that because when both sides want the same thing, it is only a matter of time,” Colbert told Madden.

Source: The Redzone

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Of course not...it would be pointless...

They've said for a long time that they wouldn't be reducing the salary and get caught up in those "position" games...