With the nfl’s 2024 salary cap on friday, a number of other similar amounts were set, and with that, we now know the salary for pittsburgh steelers left tackle dan moore jr. for the forthcoming season. Moore is entering his fourth season in the nfl, and young players who play a significant amount in their first three seasons can earn a raise on their rookie contract as part of a relatively new league program. The proven performance escalator, or ppe, is a term used to describe a product.
The ppe program has three levels: the highest if a player is selected as a pro bowler, the second if they cover at least 55% of the team’s offensive or defensive snaps in each of their first three seasons, and thirdly if they cover more than 35% of the team’s offensive or defensive snaps in two of their first three seasons. The three levels correspond to three contract amounts. Players in level one ppe receive the equivalent of a right of first refusal tender for a restricted free agent. Players at level two earn the additional $250,000. Players at level three receive the same amount as a second-round rfa tender.
Moore played over 85 percent of the steelers’ offensive snaps in each of his first three seasons (and every single snap in 2022), making him a level two ppe player. That has been known since a little bit before the end of the 2023 season. We now know moore’s salary for 2024 thanks to the rfa tender amounts announced on friday. The bid for the right of first refusal has been set at $2,985,000. Moore’s salary would therefore be $3,235,000. Moore is the second consecutive steelers offensive lineman to see his name on the rise. Kevin dotson was rewarded with a ppe bonus by the steelers in 2023 before being traded to the los angeles rams in the preseason. Chuks okorafor also earned a raise in 2021.
