The Pittsburgh Steelers announced that they’ve officially placed the franchise tag on OLB Bud Dupree on Monday.
This has been the expectation all along and shouldn’t come as a big surprise.
The franchise tag should cost the Steelers between $15.829-$17.788 million fully guaranteed for the 2020 season, depending on whether he’s considered a defensive end or a linebacker.
Dupree, 27, is a former first-round pick out of Kentucky by the Steelers in the 2015 NFL Draft. He was in the final year of a four-year, $9.22 million rookie contract when the Steelers picked up his fifth-year option that paid him $9,232,000 for the 2019 season.
Dupree was in line to be an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his NFL career.
In 2019, Dupree appeared in all 16 games for the Steelers and recorded 68 tackles, 11.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, two recoveries and three passes defended.
We had him included in our Top 100 – 2020 Free Agents list.
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The Steelers just wasted a ton of money. Where has been the last four years.