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The Future of Le’Veon Bell

oicu8ad said:
What the FO offered him last year was more than fair. And he turned that down. **** him.
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At this point I say let him walk or trade him. Money would be better spent on defense.
If they keep him one more year I predict he does like Mike Wallace and plays not to get hurt.
 
Terrel Davis said Bell should be making in the $20 mill a year range. Lol
 
Best rb in the league. But he is not even kind of worth that much money.
He didn't look as explosive to me last year.

Spend that money elsewhere
 
skialta said:
Best rb in the league. But he is not even kind of worth that much money.
He didn't look as explosive to me last year.

Spend that money elsewhere
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High number of touches and looking at his total accumulation has a tendacy to get people to believe that. Once the numer of touches VS the yards per touch,............ Changes things a little. Sure he picks up blitz's but does any other RB in the NFL do that also???? He is pretty good but not as good as he thinks he is value wise.



Salute the nation
 
I'm about done with this situation. IMO, Bell is not close to being worth what he thinks. An average RB can get enough touches to get yards and Bell leads the league in touches since he's arrived...he MUST be reminded that he is 25th in the league in yards per carry for a RB and in the 100's in yards per catch. Just because we used him more than the "committee approach" doesn't mean anything other than he will have more exposure to injury...which is stupid for us, and him.

Todd Gurley has him in Yards from scrimmage on 63 less touches for Christ's sake. If it were me making the decisions, I would handle it like they did with Stonio and let him walk letting the TEAM know that I view it as a TEAM sport where we will get further with a good TEAM than with 3 stars and a bunch of average players.

But, for the good of the team, I would approach his agent with a 5-year, 60 million dollar offer where, we can turn 20 into signing bonus money and spread it out over the life of the contract. Of course, the guaranteed money will have to be in the 30 million range (which, if we stay true to our style, he will be asked to re-work his contract in year 2 to get his base down). This way, we pay an 8 million salary + 4 million signing bonus the first year, give him an additional 14 in signing bonus for year 2, reducing his salary to 4 million in the process. He will have the opportunity to be the highest earning RB in the history of the NFL (ahead of AP, who has earned just over 71 million in 12 years). Bell will have the opportunity to earn more than 80 million in 10 years of playing...if he lasts that long. If he turns it down...I pull the tag and let him walk!
 
keslerclan said:
I'm about done with this situation. IMO, Bell is not close to being worth what he thinks. An average RB can get enough touches to get yards and Bell leads the league in touches since he's arrived...he MUST be reminded that he is 25th in the league in yards per carry for a RB and in the 100's in yards per catch. Just because we used him more than the "committee approach" doesn't mean anything other than he will have more exposure to injury...which is stupid for us, and him.

Todd Gurley has him in Yards from scrimmage on 63 less touches for Christ's sake. If it were me making the decisions, I would handle it like they did with Stonio and let him walk letting the TEAM know that I view it as a TEAM sport where we will get further with a good TEAM than with 3 stars and a bunch of average players.

But, for the good of the team, I would approach his agent with a 5-year, 60 million dollar offer where, we can turn 20 into signing bonus money and spread it out over the life of the contract. Of course, the guaranteed money will have to be in the 30 million range (which, if we stay true to our style, he will be asked to re-work his contract in year 2 to get his base down). This way, we pay an 8 million salary + 4 million signing bonus the first year, give him an additional 14 in signing bonus for year 2, reducing his salary to 4 million in the process. He will have the opportunity to be the highest earning RB in the history of the NFL (ahead of AP, who has earned just over 71 million in 12 years). Bell will have the opportunity to earn more than 80 million in 10 years of playing...if he lasts that long. If he turns it down...I pull the tag and let him walk!
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hi kesler, long time no read, we all agree there
 
Sorry I am not pulling the tag with no return.


I look left and right with plenty of clubs trading players with less value.

**** that ****. I let him shop around. I tell him this the first day negotiations. I want the ****** to see his value.

If it is more than we think, we get compensation. If it is less we retain him.

I don't see it as a loss in this regard. Anything less is a ******* fail.

You don't let the best pass catching RB leave just because he annoys you. Unless you can get something for him.
 
I’m still waiting for him to outrun anyone for a long TD..

The odds of him not getting suspended or injured are stacked against him.

Let him test the market. Someone will give him big money.... but it won’t be us.
 
We won't be letting him test the market. We will be hoping he reports week one and try to make a run at the SB. Then when the season is over we move on from Bell. Collect a 3rd round pick the following off-season. That's how it will play out. Any other way is just a dream.
 
stillwright said:
We won't be letting him test the market. We will be hoping he reports week one and try to make a run at the SB. Then when the season is over we move on from Bell. Collect a 3rd round pick the following off-season. That's how it will play out. Any other way is just a dream.
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then it will be a fail.

For how well the Steelers are known to maneuver well within the cap, this would be a fail.

If the Steelers truly feel say the same as you do, then they need to act.
 
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Skott said:
I’m still waiting for him to outrun anyone for a long TD..

The odds of him not getting suspended or injured are stacked against him.

Let him test the market. Someone will give him big money.... but it won’t be us.
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Well 27 yards was his longest last year, so it's doubtful. He's more of a threat for longer plays as a wr. Hell even Bettis ran a longer run than that in his final year. I think it's Bells style of waiting 6 months to take off. You can game plan him now just by having guys being patient.

His bread and butter is pass blocking and being that check down reciever. I just can't see breaking the bank on this guy. That tag money is a damn good payday. I'd leave it at that.
 
Bell did lead all RBs in first downs, that is pretty consistent. Something to add if we are going to knock him for lack of long runs...
 
slashsteel said:
then it will be a fail.

For how well the Steelers are known to maneuver well within the cap, this would be a fail.

If the Steelers truly feel say the same as you do, then they need to act.
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We will get Bell's service for the upcoming season and then a comp pick the following off-season. What do you think will happen? Us letting him work out a trade this off-season? Won't happen. Not how we operate.
 
stillwright said:
We will get Bell's service for the upcoming season and then a comp pick the following off-season. What do you think will happen? Us letting him work out a trade this off-season? Won't happen. Not how we operate.
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I know it isn't the norm, but this isn't a normal situation. And shouldn't be treated as such.
 
slashsteel said:
Sorry I am not pulling the tag with no return.


I look left and right with plenty of clubs trading players with less value.

**** that ****. I let him shop around. I tell him this the first day negotiations. I want the ****** to see his value.

If it is more than we think, we get compensation. If it is less we retain him.

I don't see it as a loss in this regard. Anything less is a ******* fail.

You don't let the best pass catching RB leave just because he annoys you. Unless you can get something for him.
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Slashsteel, if they used the exclusive tag on him I'm not sure he can talk to anyone so he either signs the tender or he doesn't and if he plays he plays for us. You can mark this down - if Bell is on our opening day roster, we will be bounced in the first round of the playoffs if we even make the playoffs. The defense is a porta-john fire.
 
soooo, this was posted to twitter on the 9th....i have no idea who "king lil G" is, but he looks to be smoking something that AIN'T a cigarette, and le'veon doesn't exactly look "sober in the eyes" himself...hmmmm

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Omar10213245 said:
soooo, this was posted to twitter on the 9th....i have no idea who "king lil G" is, but he looks to be smoking something that AIN'T a cigarette, and le'veon doesn't exactly look "sober in the eyes" himself...hmmmm

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Pretty sure he is still being tested so we will know if he was
 
Omar10213245 said:
soooo, this was posted to twitter on the 9th....i have no idea who "king lil G" is, but he looks to be smoking something that AIN'T a cigarette, and le'veon doesn't exactly look "sober in the eyes" himself...hmmmm

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That picture is funny. Looks like you could blindfold him with dental floss.
 
True or not Bell continues to show he isn't prone to making good decisions.

One hiccup away from me calling him a dumb ************.
 
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