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Me'Von Bell. Good luck Jets.

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According to the New York Post‘s Brian Costello,[FONT=&quot] Bell has not been impressive in training camp the past two weeks. In fact, he has been outperformed by both Gore and rookie running back La’Mical Perine. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]While Bell might have shown up in shape this summer, he apparently doesn’t look like the player who was a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Instead, the 28-year-old isn’t showing explosiveness and seemingly lacks the vision he used to have.

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>>As I thought, this guy was over rated. Like I said put him on another team and he's not as good. Last year he averaged 3.2 yard per carry. So glad Bell did not take the Steelers offer, we'd be stuck with him.
 
Looking at this from the other side, this is why the franchise tag screws running backs. The tag kept Bell off the market until the decline set in. Bell pissed me off with the I'm coming in, I'm not coming in nonsense, but I had no issue with him refusing the tag.
 
steelermania said:
Looking at this from the other side, this is why the franchise tag screws running backs. The tag kept Bell off the market until the decline set in. Bell pissed me off with the I'm coming in, I'm not coming in nonsense, but I had no issue with him refusing the tag.
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But it was a mistake for him financially to refuse the last offer of the steelers.
 
steelermania said:
Looking at this from the other side, this is why the franchise tag screws running backs. The tag kept Bell off the market until the decline set in. Bell pissed me off with the I'm coming in, I'm not coming in nonsense, but I had no issue with him refusing the tag.
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Bell had tripple red flags. Failed drug tests, which he lied about. Problems outside of football. The thought that he was the best RB in the NFL. I like the marriage between him and the Jets. Divorce will be costly. Yeah, the Jets can cut him. It will only cost them 19 million in dead money against the cap.
 
steelermania said:
Looking at this from the other side, this is why the franchise tag screws running backs. The tag kept Bell off the market until the decline set in. Bell pissed me off with the I'm coming in, I'm not coming in nonsense, but I had no issue with him refusing the tag.
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The Steelers offer to Bell was very good and he would've been better off signing it. Instead, he passed on an entire year of pay to get a deal with the Jets and Gase doesn't even want him on the roster.
 
Overrated like you said cooch? One thing you never have to worry about is being a overrated poster. Nobody thinks highly of your opinion to begin with. But thanks for bringing up a beat to death topic just so you can show everyone how right you are. You are a huge tool.

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All valid points Coach but he is long gone and I for one could care less about him and his play, as far as that goes the Jets as well.. Long gone and forgotten as far as I'm concerned. Unless he is direct STEELERS news he is just another player in a GREED MACHINE.





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When you have an odd style and Bell certainly had an odd style. you better find the right team fit. And the real fit outside the Steelers would have been the Pats. Having Bell as the check down for Marsia would have been extremely difficult. Not sure if his style evolved as a Steelers player or he ran that way in college too. But you better have some pretty serious blocking to hesitate in the backfield in the NFL
 
ZonaBurgh said:
Pretty sure this is a Steeler board, it's why I show up here at least.
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Yeah, but Coach has this obsessive thing with Bell (dates back to his time on Jim Wexell's board days). See, Coach wanted Eddie Lacy so badly over Bell that it probably kept him up nights. He even actually made the declaration after a few years of their time in the league that Eddie Lacy was still the better back.

So unfortunately, anything negative regarding Le'Veon Bell is going to be regurgitated by Coach. While the rest of us have moved on, someone still resides in somebody else's head in a bad way.
 
I thought this was a football board, sometimes it seems like a Pats or Tom Brady board though....If you look at the front page there are multiple articles about non-steelers (peterson, watson, sean davis, etc etc). Anyways I think a few of us saw this coming with Bell. He was good here mainly due to an excessive workload and the fact teams had to highly respect the passing game. I think he could fit in with a few teams, Saints, Rams, maybe KC with high flying offenses. To produce anywhere near his Steeler numbers he would need massive touches that other teams dont give out to a single back. People act like the Steelers screwed him over, but they offered him a very generous deal which he turned down. I dont think he will last with the Jets much longer and it will be interesting to see where he ends up next.
 
diver said:
He may be overrated now.

He wasn't overrated when he played for the Steelers. He was a special player for a time.

Don't rewrite history.
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Yes he was. His versatility in the passing game, his pass protection and running style behind a line that worked in unison with it produced some great years & memories. He broke some ankles out there for sure.
 
If I were a smaller person I would gloat and say I told you so at this point. I was happy as a pig in **** the day he left. Almost as happy as I was the day AB left. I know several were distraught and I understand that. But there were more red flags than I could even name on both of them. Good riddance then and good riddance now.
 
1. Stop using that ****** up font
2. Over rated? He was a very good player for the Steelers...well worth the draft slot, even with his issues
3. How many players leave the Steelers and are better somewhere else? RBs have a shelf life and Bell was nearing the end when his contract issues started
4. If he had taken the Steelers' offer, there is a good chance he would be better than he has been for the jets
5. STOP USING THAT ******* FONT
 
Steelworth said:
Yeah, but Coach has this obsessive thing with Bell (dates back to his time on Jim Wexell's board days). See, Coach wanted Eddie Lacy so badly over Bell that it probably kept him up nights. He even actually made the declaration after a few years of their time in the league that Eddie Lacy was still the better back.

So unfortunately, anything negative regarding Le'Veon Bell is going to be regurgitated by Coach. While the rest of us have moved on, someone still resides in somebody else's head in a bad way.
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I remember when he was pimping Bo Lacy. Dude ate himself out of the league in 2 years! HA!

Don't even get me started on how hard he wanted Randy Gregory when we got Dupree. The undraftable pot addict when we already had issues with Martavius...
 
Steelworth said:
So unfortunately, anything negative regarding Le'Veon Bell is going to be regurgitated by Coach. While the rest of us have moved on, someone still resides in somebody else's head in a bad way.
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True but it's still good for ***** and giggles to see former Steelers get overpaid by other teams and then promptly suck (as opposed to former Pirates who go to other teams and promptly get better).
That's twice now the Jets came out on the losing end. First Neil O'Donnell and now MeVeon Bell.

 
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steelermania said:
Looking at this from the other side, this is why the franchise tag screws running backs. The tag kept Bell off the market until the decline set in. Bell pissed me off with the I'm coming in, I'm not coming in nonsense, but I had no issue with him refusing the tag.
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Sure he didn't have to sign the tag. Old news. If the tag is so horrible for the players....then why is is still around? CBA comes and goes and the Tag is still there. I have no sympathy for the players getting the tag. It is part of the rules they agreed to. Hopefully the next CBA they get rid of it since it is so horrible. I have my doubts though.

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stillwright said:
Sure he didn't have to sign the tag. Old news. If the tag is so horrible for the players....then why is is still around? CBA comes and goes and the Tag is still there. I have no sympathy for the players getting the tag. It is part of the rules they agreed to. Hopefully the next CBA they get rid of it since it is so horrible. I have my doubts though.
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MeVeon LOST money overall by skipping a year but he knows his injury history as well as we do and I think it was more a matter that he didn't want to get injured and hurt his FA value. Remember Mike Wallace was on the field but played like crap his last year here because his only goal was not to get hurt.
But then skipping a year hurt his FA value too so he had to count on a few idiot GM's in NY, OAK, or DET that would pay him big money anyway. If I'm a GM I'm not paying full pop to a RB who took a year off and has a history of failing drug tests.
 
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