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The and running back were unable to reach an agreement before the July 16 deadline for franchise Tyler Clippard Jersey players to sign long-term deals. Bell, who was designated as a franchise player for a second-straight year, is scheduled to make a fully-guaranteed $14.544 million this season. The Steelers are prohibited from signing Bell to a multi-year contract until after the 2018 regular season, which ends on Dec. 30.The question now becomes, what's next for Bell?Just like last year, negotiations went to the 11th hour. According to Media's Ian Rapoport, Bell rejected a five-year, $70 million deal containing a $10 million signing bonus. Slightly over $33 million of the money was in the first two years. The three-year cash flow was $45 million. Adisa Bakari, Bell's agent, said the report wasn't accurate during a Sirius XM NFL Radio appearance on Tuesday without revealing the final offer. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the five-year total as $75 million.Once the deadline pa sed, Bell tweeted that "2018 will be my best season to date" while reaffirming his desire to retire with the Steelers. Bakari anticipates that 2018 will be Bell's last season in Pittsburgh. Steelers vice president and general manager Kevin Colbert doesn't seem to have closed the door on Bell remaining with the team beyond this year. He i sued a statement indicating there will be an attempt to sign Bell long-term after the season. Why there isn't a dealBakari contends that the Steelers were more interested in paying the running back position instead of his client. Unfortunately for Bell, NFL players are paid according to position. The primary exceptions to the positional salary constraints are those who can consistently put pre sure on opposing quarterbacks. Such players are paid a premium whether they're a 4-3 defensive end, 3-4 outside linebacker or interior defensive lineman. More on the NFL Bell's exact financial demands as the deadline approached haven't been disclosed. He reportedly wanted the same $17 million per year that wide receiver got from the Steelers in a contract extension last year during the early part of the offseason. The three-time All-Pro alluded to needing $15 million per year in a rap song last year.Bell can Andy Pettitte Jersey make a legitimate case that he should be compared to game's highest-paid offensive playmakers since he is arguably the NFL's most dangerous offensive weapon thanks to his running ability and receiving skills. He is ama sing yardage at a historic and unprecedented rate. Bell's 129 yards from scrimmage per game are the most in NFL history (minimum of 50 career games). Hall of Famer Jim Brown is second with 125.5 per game. Nobody has ever been better at picking up yards during the first five seasons of their NFL career. Edgerrin James (126 yards per game) and Eric Dickerson (125.7) are right behind Bell. Pittsburgh's offer demonstrated a willingne s to dramatically reset a running back market that has been steadily declining in recent years. The current benchmark is the five-year, $41.25 million extension with slightly over $22 million in guarantees received from the last August. It's a far cry from the salary landscape that existed in 2011 after and signed extensions with the and in the $14 million-per-year neighborhood. The deals put Peterson and Johnson among the NFL's five highest paid non-quarterbacks.At $15 million per year, Bell's deal would have averaged slightly over 80 percent more than Freeman's contract. There would have been only six offensive playmakers, all wide receivers, with a higher average yearly salary. Among the six are ( ), ( ) and ( ), who aren't nearly as highly regarded as Bell. Lance McCullers Jersey The structure of the offer was a big obstacle that couldn't be overcome. This is because Pittsburgh contracts typically have a vanilla structure. With the exception of quarterback , the only guaranteed money in Pittsburgh deals is a signing bonus. Roethlisberger's base-salary guarantees are for injury only. The bigger deals contain a third- or fifth-day-of-the-league-year roster bonus in the second and third years. The roster bonuses are supposed to be substitutes for additional contract guarantees. The overall guarantees in Pittsburgh contracts are usually le s than comparable deals to those Carlos Beltran Jersey of other teams.Bell's reported $10 million signing bonus seems low by Pittsburgh standards. Brown received a $19 million signing bonus, which is his only true guaranteed money. His deal also had $6 million and $2.5 million fifth-day-of-the-league-year roster bonuses in 2018 and 2019. The $10 million-per-year extension All-Pro guard signed right before the start of the 2016 regular season had $16 million treated as signing bonus under the salary cap.When will Bell show up?Bakari confirmed during his radio appearance that the plan is for Bell to take the same approach as last year. Bell didn't sign his franchise tender in 2017 until Labor Day, which is Sept. 3 this year. Players under contract can be fined a maximum of $40,000 for each day of training camp mi sed. This penalty doesn't apply to unsigned draft picks or players with restricted free-agent, transition or franchise tenders who aren't under contract, like Bell, who skip training camp altogether or come late. Their attendance isn't required because of the absence of a signed contract. Unsigned players aren't withholding services they are contractually obligated to perform. Bell's status after the seasonBell will become an unrestricted free agent next offseason after making $26.664 million on two franchise tags, provided he isn't given the seldom-used transition tag or a third and final franchise tag during the designation period -- which runs from Feb. 19 to March 5 in 2019 -- or a long-term deal is worked out before the 2019 league year begins on March 13. Free agency is the most likely scenario since Bell seems intent on finding his true value on the open market.Bell won't get franchised for a third time. The procedures outlined in the NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement dictate that Bell's third tag will be the greater of 144 percent of his second franchise designation or the largest number at any position, which is almost always quarterback. A suming the 2019 salary cap is in the $190 million neighborhood, the quarterback number should be approximately $25 million. Bell's transition number would be $17,542,800, which is 120 percent more than his current franchise tag. The Steelers have made the most extensive use of the transition-player designation in recent years. Offensive tackle Max Starks and outside linebacker Jason Worilds played under the designation in 2008 and 2014. A transition tag would provide the Steelers only a right to match an offer sheet from another team. There wouldn't be any draft-choice compensation, like with the non-exclusive franchise tag, if the Steelers didn't exercise their matching rights. Although the Steelers would be Marwin Gonzalez Jersey vulnerable to an offer she