Bell...AGAIN!

[feltdizz]

SAT question of the year:

The NFL franchise tag is to grilling chicken wings...

as missing training camp is to clogging a toilet...

its a real s##t show

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

CJ Anderson was just released from the Broncos

What time will Bell miss? Same as last year? I think the FO is fine with that.

I think like most fans the FO is unhappy with Bell showing up late again, given his very slow start last year.

[feltdizz]

I think like most fans the FO is unhappy with Bell showing up late again, given his very slow start last year.

Ben shows up every year and he still starts slow.

Our defense didnt miss any camp and they started off slow.

Regardless of how the FO “feels” they are willing to try it again so it isn’t that big of a deal IMO.

and after a 13-3 season (shoulda been 14-2) I really think it’s just typical news rag drama.

all the talk about Colbert being fed up or upset. He wouldn’t go down this road if he was truly upset with Bell. He knew what another tag would bring and he is willing to deal with it because Bell is the key to this offense.

[Oviedo]

I think like most fans the FO is unhappy with Bell showing up late again, given his very slow start last year.

I would agree 100%, they don't like it but I think they are accepting of it because over the long haul he ultimately performed and he wasn't hurt. They understand how the game is played when you tag someone.

[Shawn]

Bell-AGAIN! Oh, I thought this was about Bell. My mistake.

On Bell, though, love the thought of drafting Guice at 28, dumping Bell for a #2 and his $14.5 against the cap, leaving us some cap room to fill those spots on the roster that the draft doesn't fill. Gives us a feature back for the next 5 years at a bargain price and frees up money to make a run now without mortgaging the future.

Let me tell why I don't like it. Guice is no Bell...first. Second, we give up a first round pick to become worse? For what? To save money? We have the ability to franchise Bell two more years.

[squidkid]

RB next year... this years pick should be used on a position that will help us win a SB THIS year.

and who in this draft will step in from day 1 and make this team better than last year?
i think you may have said yourself that our drafts are geared towards 3 years down the road

[feltdizz]

Let me tell why I don't like it. Guice is no Bell...first. Second, we give up a first round pick to become worse? For what? To save money? We have the ability to franchise Bell two more years.

but we would get to spite Bell.

Plus in 2019 we could spend big money on day 1 of Free Agency.

Thays literally what the plan is for trading Bell or picking RB at 28 this year.

[feltdizz]

and who in this draft will step in from day 1 and make this team better than last year?
i think you may have said yourself that our drafts are geared towards 3 years down the road

That’s easy. One of the ILB’s that everyone is gushing over.

Last year Watt made us better.

I expect our our first round pick to contribute immediately even if they don’t play every down.

[feltdizz]

I would agree 100%, they don't like it but I think they are accepting of it because over the long haul he ultimately performed and he wasn't hurt. They understand how the game is played when you tag someone.

Bingo. Not sure why it’s hard for some to understand but then again, some folks can’t help themselves. I never implied they were happy with it but they know it’s possible and are willing to put up with it again because of Bells talents.

[NorthCoast]

Bingo. Not sure why it’s hard for some to understand but then again, some folks can’t help themselves. I never implied they were happy with it but they know it’s possible and are willing to put up with it again because of Bells talents.

(https://quotefancy.com/quote/1580610/Mike-Tomlin-I-ll-tolerate-you-until-I-can-replace-you)

[Slapstick]

Let me tell why I don't like it. Guice is no Bell...first. Second, we give up a first round pick to become worse? For what? To save money? We have the ability to franchise Bell two more years.

No, we don’t. A third franchise tag would be 144% over the previous salary, which would be more than $20 million...that is franchise QB territory...

[Captain Lemming]

No, we don’t. A third franchise tag would be 144% over the previous salary, which would be more than $20 million...that is franchise QB territory...

And poor Bell would have to suffer through a season yet again as the highest paid back in the league....now by over DOUBLE the salary of the next guy.

Shawn, you are just being selfish wanting to tag him again.

Denied the freedom again to "test the market". Nobody should suffer such a fate.

[Steel Maniac]

And poor Bell would have to suffer through a season yet again as the highest paid back in the league....now by over DOUBLE the salary of the next guy.

Shawn, you are just being selfish wanting to tag him again.

Denied the freedom again to "test the market". Nobody should suffer such a fate.

Hahahahaha..yeah; Bell would suffer such a hardship.

[feltdizz]

No, we don’t. A third franchise tag would be 144% over the previous salary, which would be more than $20 million...that is franchise QB territory...

I read they could transition tag him for 17 mill. Not that they would but it’s an option

[Slapstick]

A transition tag only gives the right of first refusal to the Steelers...personally, I think if they don’t work out a deal before the deadline, it isn’t happening...