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Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe

Steelers have placed franchise tag on RB Le'Veon Bell, per source.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 27, 2017

The #Steelers have placed the exclusive franchise tag on RB Le'Veon Bell, source says. Same number as non-exclusive tag.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 27, 2017

So with this, I know it takes the 5 highest average salaries of the RB position and that's the tag salary (correct me if I'm worng on this please), but with both JC and AP getting dropped today, does this impact Bell's salary? Like is it going off of 2016 RB salaries or 2017 salaries?