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Dupree's $9.2 million salary for 2019 became guaranteed Wednesday with the start of the new league year, Joe Rutter of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.
The Steelers had already exercised the fifth-year option on Dupree's rookie deal last offseason, but the team could have released him prior to Wednesday with few repercussions. With his 2019 contract now locked in, Dupree tentatively ranks as the 16th-highest-paid linebacker in the NFL. He appeared in all 16 games in 2018, logging 42 tackles and 5.5 sacks.
