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Because in hindsight , we should have. Hindsight is always 20/20Comment
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Because the Steelers want him on the team but not at the price he says he deserves, thats why.sigpicComment
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I think letting him test the market is the same as letting him walk.
1) I think that some team pays him the contract he wants. Even if he didn't get the deal he wanted there is undoubtedly at least one team in the league willing to pay more than the Steelers. This is because the steelers are usually pretty rational with contracts and usually don't have a tin of cap room
2) even if he didn't get a better contract elsewhere, I think it's very unlikely for players to come back to a former team with their hat in their hands and say they were wrong about their value. We've also often seen players leave the team for huge back loaded contracts with larger total values than we offered... Then the player gets cut after 2 seasons and does not see the big money. It's great for the agents though... They get paid on the total value.
Bottom line: I think trading him or letting him test the market and expecting him to come back are pipe dreams.
I think our choices are really:
1) let him walk
2) 1 year tag
3) market breaking long term deal
I find it hard to believe we'll do 1 or 3.Comment
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i would hope the team is looking into a trade where bell would sign knowing he would get traded, and paid.
i would wait until the last second then pull the offer. hopefully the FA money would be gonesteelers = 3 ring circus with tomlin being the head clownComment
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I doubt it squid...Im pretty sure they will hold their ground and force him to make 14.5 million this year...Poor Lev
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Well, here’s the first of many reports. I told y’all that teams are not going to give Bell the money he thinks...
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/8390/leveon-bellComment
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in the Miami heat maybe. lol
Bell took a hell of a gamble... and it looks like hes gonna lose out biglyComment
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Maybe he was never going to sign to anything last year because, he still has an injury and \ or in the weeds......Comment
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Well, we know what he was doing down in Miami all last year as far as the weed is concerned. But that's another team's problem now.Comment
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Schefter: Steelers May Still Use Transition Tag On Le’Veon Bell
By Alex Kozora
Posted on February 3, 2019
The Le’Veon Bell saga isn’t over just yet. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Pittsburgh Steelers are “still considering” placing the transition tag on Bell. From Schefter:
“Pittsburgh’s decision depends on how much another team would value Bell and whether the Steelers would be willing to match the offer sheet.”
During the regular season, Bell told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler the Steelers told Bell they would transition him should the two sides not hammer out a long-term deal. Bell skipped all of 2018 in response. As Schefter notes, the value of the tag would become murky.
“There also is a battle brewing between the NFL and and NFL Players Association over the value of what the transition tag would be on Bell if the Steelers did use it. Bell and the NFLPA will argue that the transition tag is close to $14.5 million based on the escalating value of tags, and the Steelers and the NFL will say it’s closer to $9.5 million because Bell sat out this past season.”
It’s difficult to see Pittsburgh being able to retain Bell should they transition him. Matching a contract seems unlikely for two big reasons. One, other teams are going to offer more, the Steelers have already given their best offer, and two, most organizations structure their deals differently than Pittsburgh, offering more guaranteed money.
If they ultimately tag and lose him, they’ll have wasted time and tied up money. They also won’t receive compensatory value like they would if they let him test free agency (where they can still compete to bring him back, by the way).
February 19th marks the first day teams can use the transition or franchise tag on players. The deadline to do so is March 5th at 4 PM. Should the Steelers go that route, it wouldn’t be the first time under Kevin Colbert they’ve transitioned a player. Max Starks and Jason Worilds received such a designation in 2008 and 2014, respectively. Click here for a full list of tagged players in franchise history.
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