Le'Veon Bell

[Sheets33]

I have a question for my fellow Steelers fans....Does anyone out the feel that the organization should pay Bell 14.5 million? The man is good but not 14.5 million good.

[Steel Maniac]

We offered him that; and he said no. He wants 18 mil a year.

[Sheets33]

In my opinion....I know he is tagged but we would be better off removing the tag and let him see teams are not willing to pay the for an RB. The draft has a few decent backs

[steeler_george]

We offered him that; and he said no. He wants 18 mil a year.

18 m? I heard he wants 14-15 M long term, almost all guaranteed.

[Sheets33]

14 to 18.....not worth that kind of cash. But that is just my opinion.

[D Rock]

I wish they would have let him test the open market. Might be even better to do that now that teams have already signed guys to large contracts and some of the most RB needy teams have gotten a guy. Could be a real eye opener for him to lower his long term price.

[Sheets33]

totally agree....we can even use the draft picks so trade him

[feltdizz]

I wish they would have let him test the open market. Might be even better to do that now that teams have already signed guys to large contracts and some of the most RB needy teams have gotten a guy. Could be a real eye opener for him to lower his long term price.

49ers just paid McKinnon 7.5 mill to split carries and he has never rushed for more than 600 yards.

I think the FO knew Bell would get a great offer if they let him test the market. It would be kind of shady to release him after all the teams have made their moves. That’s not how our FO usually operates.

There are are more than a few teams loaded with cash and the way the CBA is set up Bell would get an offer that was close to or at the price he wants.

I also think if we let him test him test the market and he left the highest we could get is a 3rd rounder and that would be bad business on our part.

our FO is pretty smart. I’m sure they thought about it and realized letting him test the market wouldn’t be in our best favor.

[feltdizz]

totally agree....we can even use the draft picks so trade him

Trade him to who?

Doesn’t he have to be under contract before we can trade him?

[Steel Maniac]

Disagree strongly; no one except maybe the crazy redskins would have offered him an 18 mil a year deal. No one with half a brain is going to give him that deal. He’s not worth that amount. 14mil a year was great; 6mil more then the next rb. Anything more and Steeler management is bidding only against itself.

[feltdizz]

Disagree strongly; no one except maybe the crazy redskins would offer him an 18 mil a year deal.

I don’t think 18 mill is the magic number. When negotiating you always come in high so you can have some wiggle room.

I think 15 mill and the guaranteed numbers being where he wants it is all a team needs to get him.

If that was the case why didn’t the Steelers let him see? It would be smart for Bell to see he wasn’t worth what he was asking to knock the price down.

We all know why the FO didn’t go that route.

[Sheets33]

Dolphins traded Jarvis Landry when he was tagged. And a third rounder is ludicrous he is worth a 1 and 3

[Sheets33]

Thank you I'm glad someone agrees....He is not worth that figure

[feltdizz]

Dolphins traded Jarvis Landry when he was tagged. And a third rounder is ludicrous he is worth a 1 and 3

Jarvis signed his tag. Bell hasn’t signed his yet.

The third round would be the highesr compensatory pick they would have received IF Bell was a UFA and could test the market.

[Steel Maniac]

I don’t think 18 mill is the magic number. When negotiating you always come in high so you can have some wiggle room.

I think 15 mill and the guaranteed numbers being where he wants it is all a team needs to get him.

If that was the case why didn’t the Steelers let him see? It would be smart for Bell to see he wasn’t worth what he was asking to knock the price down.

We all know why the FO didn’t go that route.

They didn’t go that route because you don’t let talent just walk away without trying to get something for it. That would be stupid. Did the dolphins just let Landry walk away?