Steelers offered Le’Veon Bell 12 million dollars a year and he is not happy?

According to NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero, the offer on the table to Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell was more than $12 million annually on what would have been a five-year deal.

#Steelers‘ offer to Le’Veon Bell averaged over $12M per, with $30M in first 2 years, $42M over 3, per sources. Decided to play on $12.1M tag

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) July 18, 2017

This is an insane amount of money for a running back. 

Right now Le’Veon Bell is the highest paid back in the league because he is playing under a franchise tag, which pays him 12.1 million.  He was going to get that number for the next five years and he said no?

1. Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell: $12.1 million
2. Bills RB LeSean McCoy: $8 million
3. Buccaneers RB Doug Martin: $7.2 million
4. Jaguars RB Leonard Fournette: $6.8 million
5. Texans RB Lamar Miller: $6.5 million
6. Jaguars RB Chris Ivory: $6.4 million
7. Titans RB DeMarco Murray: $6.4 million
8. Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott: $6.2 million
9. Bengals RB Giovani Bernard: $5.2 million
10. Vikings RB Latavius Murray: $5 million