Steelers cut Cortez Allen after giving him 24 million deal in 2014

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The have finally given up on cornerback . The team announced on Friday that Allen has been released.The move comes just two years after the Steelers signed Allen to an and $24.6 million to his rookie contract. Allen was given the extension because before the 2014 season he played a huge role in the Steelers defense during his first three years with the team.The 2011 fourth-round pick played in 44 out of 48 regular season games between 2011 Ron Jaworski Jersey  and 2013 and started in 11 of those.Allen was hit with the injury bug in 2014 though, and things started to go downhill after that.  The 27-year-old had an ugly 2014 season that was cut short when he injured his thumb. The Steelers ended  Mack Hollins Jersey up placing him on injured reserve, and he mi sed the final five games of the season. Before that, he had been benched.Things actually got uglier for Allen in 2015. The cornerback only played in one game -- the season opener -- before injuring his knee. Allen tried to practice through the injury, but that didn't work and he was placed on injured reserve Dallas Goedert Jersey  for the second year in a row.Mike Tomlin didn't sound optimistic about bringing Allen back when the subject came up in January, and general manager Kevin Colbert sounded even le s optimistic in March.  "Prior to him getting injured with the knee and the thumb, Cortez did some good things when he was younger," Colbert said, . "His production per snap was really, it was impre sive and that's why we signed him to the deal we did. Unfortunately for him and us, it just hasn't matched up."Thanks to his contract extension, Allen will walk away from Pittsburgh with about $13 million for the 12 games he played after signing it.Allen's release means that the Steelers will almost certainly be Cameron Johnston Jersey  looking for a corner early in the draft. It was major need for the Steelers before they cut Allen, and now it's their most glaring one.  The Steelers will Tommy McDonald Jersey  take a $4.05 million dead cap hit for cutting Allen. However, that number can go down to $1.35 million in 2016 if Allen is designated a post-June 1 cut. That tag would allow the Steelers to spread the rest of his dead money out over the remaining years of his contract.
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