The good, the bad and the odd of the Steelers and the franchise tag

The franchise tag has been a mixed bag for the Steelers.

Worst use of the tag

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This was a close one but we have to give it to the second time the team applied it to running back Le’Veon Bell. The team had already had one full offseason to try to get a contract figured out so it seemed futile to try again. But the Steelers did, Bell forfeited the entire season and the run game was never able to recover.