Le’Veon Bell and the Steelers have a hard time meeting eye-to-eye on how valuable the running back is to the club. This started last offseason when the Steelers franchise tagged their running back to the tune of $12 million. It was obvious that we were gearing up to see this through again before the 2018 season, and now here we are as the Steelers and Bell have not finalized a long-term deal by the 4:00 p.m. ET Monday deadline for tagged players to sign an extension.
Bell will now play on the $14.5 million franchise tag this season and 2018 will likely be his final year in Pittsburgh.