LATROBE, Pa. (AP) -Steelers kicker Jeff Reed isn’t happy after learning he won’t be signed to the multiyear contract he expected after being designated as the team’s franchise player.
The Steelers told Reed earlier in the year they wanted to work out an extended contract. Any chance that deal would get done apparently ended when right tackle Willie Colon was injured in June and Flozell Adams signed a two-year contract to replace him.
Reed, who signed a one-year deal for $2,814,000, plans to explore his options after playing out the season.
Reed has played in Pittsburgh since signing as a free agent midway through the 2002 season and is the ninth-most accurate kicker in NFL history. He has made 189 of his 227 attempts (83.3 percent) and is a league-best 77 of 87 (88.5 percent) since 2007.
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