As expected, LB Bud Dupree has been informed that he won't franchise tagged again this year, per @AdamSchefter. The Steelers simply don't have the cap space to keep him around and Alex Highsmith is a promising, young OLB.
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) March 9, 2021
In the least surprising piece of Pittsburgh Steelers news of the day, the team informed linebacker Bud Dupree he will not be getting a second franchise tag according to multiple sources.
Dupree played the 2020 season on the franchise tag but it sounds like Pittsburgh is going to let Dupree hit the free-agent market where he is sure to get a big payday.
In 2020, Dupree earned $15.83 million and if the Steelers had tagged him again, he would have earned almost $19 million in 2021. Dupree came into his own over the last two seasons as a pass rusher and some team with a lot of salary cap is going to back up the truck to Dupree and pay him a whole lot of money.
