Somewhat lost in the conversation over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the seeming inevitability of their placing the franchise tag on Bud Dupree, in no small part due to the team’s salary cap situation, is whether or not tagging the player will actually work out, in the long run.
If the team’s own history is anything to go by, then it doesn’t suggest the happiest of marriages should be expected between the Steelers and Dupree. Obviously, the last time they used the tag, it didn’t exactly work out, with Le’Veon Bell sitting out the 2018 season, though he did play through the tag the year prior to that.