To many fans and media reporters, Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is significantly underpaid. An opinion shared by both Brown and his agent Drew Rosenhaus, who hope the team will negotiate a new contract with the wide receiver this year.

However, when talking with reporters on Friday, Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert made the franchises position clear on renegotiation once again, according to Dale Lolley of the Observer-Reporter. While it is a position that is unlikely to make the Brown camp especially happy, it is a consistent policy the team has been following long before Brown entered the league.

“We don’t renegotiate contracts with more than one year remaining with the exception of quarterbacks, Antonio’s under contract. He’s a great player. You can’t say enough good things about him. But he’s a professional. He respects the process, as do we. We’ll see where things end up.”

Brown still has two years left under contract on a five-year deal he signed back in 2012. A contract that significantly overpaid him given his production at the time and one that was a surprise to many in the media. There is little question he has earned that deal and more, but his representatives seem intent on cashing in way too early for the Steelers liking.

Despite erroneous reports of a potential holdout last year by Brown, ones that were strongly denied by the receiver, the Steelers found a way to move some of his earnings from 2016 to 2015 and effectively give him a cash boost of $2 million in salary without having to redo his contract.

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If the Steelers are to do anything with his contract this offseason, it is more likely to be a similar move than a new deal altogether. Brown has a base salary of $6.25 million in 2016 and $8.71 in 2017. Should the front office wish to appease their star receiver a little, they could bump his cash earnings by a few million by moving money from next season into this year without overly damaging the integrity of his existing contract.

It is worth noting the Steelers are not exactly flush with salary cap space this year, with around $3 million available, according to the latest update from the NFLPA’s public salary cap report. The team has a number of players headed towards free agency next season and the priority for the front office is to address those contracts before worrying about a player with two years left on his deal.