Bell...AGAIN!

[LordVile]

Keeping drives alive, Brown's first down percentage is 60%. Bell's first down rushing percentage is 26%.

still doesn't excuse his price tag.. they both had the same amount of touchdowns last season. Only QB's should make that much.. Brown is greedy and selfish for demanding so much from us. Bell does more for the team. Was voted team MVP 2 out of the past 4 years.

[Slapstick]

The market is what it is...premiere WRs get paid more...not only did Brown create more 1st downs, he has also scored more TDs over the past five years than Bell...

You don’t pay a player for what he did, you pay him for what you think he will do...

Which player is likely to decline in play first? Brown or Bell? What does the data tell us?

[feltdizz]

the data? lmao..

what does the data tell us about QB's once they hit 35? Pretty sure it's not good but I think Ben has 3 good years in him.

Data shmatta.. what does the eye test tell us?

[Buzz]

the data? lmao..

what does the data tell us about QB's once they hit 35? Pretty sure it's not good but I think Ben has 3 good years in him.

Data shmatta.. what does the eye test tell us?

The eye test tells me no other RB is getting close to the money we're talking about LB getting ... and he's not THAT much better than everyone else.

Let some other team reset the market.

[Slapstick]

the data? lmao..

what does the data tell us about QB's once they hit 35? Pretty sure it's not good but I think Ben has 3 good years in him.

Data shmatta.. what does the eye test tell us?

Eyes shmeyes...I prefer objectivity...

[squidkid]

The market is what it is...premiere WRs get paid more...not only did Brown create more 1st downs, he has also scored more TDs over the past five years than Bell...

You don’t pay a player for what he did, you pay him for what you think he will do...

Which player is likely to decline in play first? Brown or Bell? What does the data tell us?

agreed, AND
i guarantee if bell didnt have the multiple drug issues, kept his mouth shut about his contract, showed up to camp and otas, wasnt either injured or suspended most years and worked as hard as brown did, the steelers would be willing to reward bell like they did brown.
thats how stupid bell really is. he has a guy on his team that showed him the way you go about getting paid by the steelers and he was too dumb to listen

[feltdizz]

27 million in 2 years and Bell is dumb?

Gotta love bitter fans

[Slapstick]

Apparently, $27 million in two years isn’t enough...that’s too bad...

[feltdizz]

Apparently, $27 million in two years isn’t enough...that’s too bad...

Too bad for us.

Not bad for Bell if he gets more.

[Steel Maniac]

agreed, AND
i guarantee if bell didnt have the multiple drug issues, kept his mouth shut about his contract, showed up to camp and otas, wasnt either injured or suspended most years and worked as hard as brown did, the steelers would be willing to reward bell like they did brown.
thats how stupid bell really is. he has a guy on his team that showed him the way you go about getting paid by the steelers and he was too dumb to listen

Squid , I too agree that if Bell were a model citizen, he would have been properly rewarded. Now he’s going to be a well paid ,busted up New York Jet player.

[Slapstick]

Too bad for us.

Not bad for Bell if he gets more.

Yep. And he’s welcome to it! But, I believe that any team would come to regret that contract...

[steelz09]

I don't care if Bell makes his 17+ mil per year. I just hope it's NOT with the Steelers. Im sorry but he's not that rare of a talent.

Is he really that much better than a Freeman, Gurley, Elliot, Hill, Kamara, etc? IMO, he is not. This year, you can add Barkley to the list.

All of those guys are more of a home run threat than Bell. In Bell's defense, he lines up as a receiver while some of those other RBs do not. That doesn't make him that much more valuable than any of those other RBs because we don't necessarily require that.

Additionally, he has a lot of wear and tear on his body for his age.
Add that, he does have an injury history as well as suspensions on his record. He is one positive drug test away from a year long ban.

Outside of a reasonable long term deal (3 years), I think the smart decision is to have him play on the franchise tag for this year, and kick him to the curb afterwards.

Let some ****ty team sign him next year to a monster long term deal and we'll watch as he becomes Mike Wallace 2.0. Except, Bell will be a washed up, beat up, running back playing on a bad team with a bad o-line. Then, everyone will see how "great" he really is.

[Eddie Spaghetti]

add in the fact that he's already made it clear he's going to be a major distraction AGAIN by not reporting to camp, which is his right, but still not conducive to the goals of the team. I'm sure they are looking forward to that BS playing out again

I doubt it happens but if I'm Colbert I would seriously consider drafting a guy early and getting rid of him

[Steel Maniac]

I don't care if Bell makes his 17+ mil per year. I just hope it's NOT with the Steelers. Im sorry but he's not that rare of a talent.

Is he really that much better than a Freeman, Gurley, Elliot, Hill, Kamara, etc? IMO, he is not. This year, you can add Barkley to the list.

All of those guys are more of a home run threat than Bell. In Bell's defense, he lines up as a receiver while some of those other RBs do not. That doesn't make him that much more valuable than any of those other RBs because we don't necessarily require that.

Additionally, he has a lot of wear and tear on his body for his age.
Add that, he does have an injury history as well as suspensions on his record. He is one positive drug test away from a year long ban.

Outside of a reasonable long term deal (3 years), I think the smart decision is to have him play on the franchise tag for this year, and kick him to the curb afterwards.

Let some ****ty team sign him next year to a monster long term deal and we'll watch as he becomes Mike Wallace 2.0. Except, Bell will be a washed up, beat up, running back playing on a bad team with a bad o-line. Then, everyone will see how "great" he really is.

Exactly ... let him flame out the same way Mike Wallace did. When Bell goes behind a subpar line with a team that doesn’t have a passing game to fear, your really going to see how “ special” Bell really is.

[RuthlessBurgher]

I don't care if Bell makes his 17+ mil per year. I just hope it's NOT with the Steelers. Im sorry but he's not that rare of a talent.

Is he really that much better than a Freeman, Gurley, Elliot, Hill, Kamara, etc? IMO, he is not. This year, you can add Barkley to the list.

All of those guys are more of a home run threat than Bell. In Bell's defense, he lines up as a receiver while some of those other RBs do not. That doesn't make him that much more valuable than any of those other RBs because we don't necessarily require that.

Additionally, he has a lot of wear and tear on his body for his age.
Add that, he does have an injury history as well as suspensions on his record. He is one positive drug test away from a year long ban.

Outside of a reasonable long term deal (3 years), I think the smart decision is to have him play on the franchise tag for this year, and kick him to the curb afterwards.

Let some ****ty team sign him next year to a monster long term deal and we'll watch as he becomes Mike Wallace 2.0. Except, Bell will be a washed up, beat up, running back playing on a bad team with a bad o-line. Then, everyone will see how "great" he really is.

You do realize that every RB you listed except for Freeman is still on their rookie contract, right? Freeman currently has the highest average salary among RB's, and I expect every other RB you mentioned to bypass his deal once they are eligible to receive a long-term second contract.