The Pittsburgh Steelers still have a few more months until they need to decide whether or not to place the franchise tag on running back Le’Veon Bell again. On Thursday, however, Bell delivered a warning shot of sorts to the Steelers concerning him possibly being franchise tagged a second consecutive year.
“It will eventually come down to me playing on the tag or not,” Bell said Thursday, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com. “They tag me again, it will be me (saying), ‘OK, do I want to play on the tag or do I not want to play on the tag?