If we simply go by the voices that tend to speak up, it is easy to get the impression that there are more Pittsburgh Steelers fans that would prefer to see running back Le’Veon Bell sign with another team than to play for a contract that is in the ballpark of $15 million per season, or on his franchise tag value, which is about half a million dollars short of that.
One of the most popular arguments against signing Bell to a big contract has been pointing toward this year’s Super Bowl contenders, the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots, neither of whom had highly-compensated running backs.