Le’Veon Bell. Off to a HUGE start

[pepsyman1]

Anybody wonder what's going thru Bell's mind right now as ducks and weaves and tries not to get run over behind that awesome Jet's O-line? 17 carries for a massive 65 yards today against the mighty Buffalo Bills....lol

[st33lersguy]

But he got about $3-5 million extra in guaranteed money so he's good, LOL

[JimHarbaugh'ssoakedtissue]

I think he wanted the Guarantee money and will retire after this season. His heart ain't in it and reminds me of Mendy's personality.

[Born2Steel]

17 carries for 60 yards (per NFL Network) is 3.5 yards per carry. 6 Receptions for 32 yards (per NFL Network) is 5.3 yards per reception. That's 23 touches for 92 yards comes to 4 yards per touch. Bell has never been the big play guy, always that steady guy you can trust to move the ball forward. Not a bad day. Maybe not spectacular but definitely not a bad day for Bell. It's only week 1.

[tube517]

Jets lost lol but he got a TD so now he can rap about it.



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[smokin3000gt]

3.5 ypc is pretty good considering it's week 1 and how long it's been since he's played a game

[DesertSteel]

3.5 ypc is pretty good considering it's week 1 and how long it's been since he's played a game
Exactly. By season's end he should easily be at 3.9.

[EzraTank]

I wonder when Belechick will send him a cryotherapy machine?

(https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=14&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwir4J21iMTkAhVJpFkKHfvtBOUQFjANegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fbrucele e%2F2019%2F08%2F08%2Fcryotherapy-injury-what-happened-to-antonio-browns-feet%2F&usg=AOvVaw13E0B4Z_xzyjY1lagTE_E3)

[tube517]

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What a huge start!



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[Shoes]

Sooner than expected. I gave him till mid season

http://www.steelersuniverse.com/forums/showthread.php/30996-Le-Veon-Bell-I-m-going-to-show-people-Pittsburgh-let-something-special-go?p=701842#post701842

[AtlantaDan]

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What a huge start!


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And Sam Darnold now has mono so teams are going to focus on beating up Bell if he can go for the next several weeks

Same old Jets

[Fire Goodell]

I knew something was fishy when he was unwilling to bet on himself and take the steelers deal. he needed all that guaranteed money probably because he was expecting to be out of football in a year or 2. wouldnt be surprised if he pulls a mendenhall and pursues a rap career from there

[86WARD]

Averages 12.4 games a season, was gone for a full year and Gase plays him 100% of the snaps? Poor coaching on one hand. Second hand, Bell is what Bell is. He’s a great player but he misses time for one thing or another.

[86WARD]

I don’t know man...watching him play tonight and he’s a really fun RB to watch play. Conner is good and I really like him but I’ll go with the unpopular opinion around here, he’s not Le’Veon Bell good.

[Mojouw]

I don’t know man...watching him play tonight and he’s a really fun RB to watch play. Conner is good and I really like him but I’ll go with the unpopular opinion around here, he’s not Le’Veon Bell good.

I'll second that.


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[Fire Goodell]

We sure missed bell and his 3.5 yards a carry lol

[86WARD]

We sure missed bell and his 3.5 yards a carry lol

May be better than the 2.6 Conner is rocking with right now...

[st33lersguy]

Took a paycut to take handoffs from Luke Falk

[86WARD]

Took a paycut to take handoffs from Luke Falk

No one said he was the brains of any operation...lol.

[st33lersguy]

No one said he was the brains of any operation...lol.

Yeah, leaving two women in his house unattended with hundred thousands of dollars in valuables solved that mystery

[Craic]

We sure missed bell and his 3.5 yards a carry lol

Well seeing as he was turning 1 yard losses into 3.5 yard gains a carry, I'd say yes, we miss him. How is Conner doing so far? I have hope for the kid, but he's not Bell-good. Doesn't matter how much we dislike him, disputing what he did for the Steelers when he was in the game is just silly.

[pczach]

I don’t know man...watching him play tonight and he’s a really fun RB to watch play. Conner is good and I really like him but I’ll go with the unpopular opinion around here, he’s not Le’Veon Bell good.


I hate what he did to leave here, but the dude can play. He makes as many head-shaking 6 or 7 yard runs as anybody I have ever watched play. He just has a way...

[stillers4me]

Wonder if he wants to come home yet......

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[86WARD]

I hate what he did to leave here, but the dude can play. He makes as many head-shaking 6 or 7 yard runs as anybody I have ever watched play. He just has a way...

Agree.

[stillers4me]

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[86WARD]

They are gonna kill Bell before he gets through that contract...

More money and a safer situation in Pittsburgh and he let it all go...and he’d be the premiere guy here now that the other douchebag is in court most of the day...

[Fire Goodell]

Well seeing as he was turning 1 yard losses into 3.5 yard gains a carry, I'd say yes, we miss him. How is Conner doing so far? I have hope for the kid, but he's not Bell-good. Doesn't matter how much we dislike him, disputing what he did for the Steelers when he was in the game is just silly.

I don't care honestly, he made his bed and now has to live with his decision. Sure we're 0-2 also, but you can easily say that the Jets team is hopeless, and we're going to end up winning more games this season. He threw away a chance at greatness for a quick buck in NY. He's gonna rot behind a perennial suckfest with the Jets and I'll love it.

I'm glad he's learning the harsh truth maybe that RBs aren't the difference maker to demand all that money. He's a great RB no doubt, but how many games are they gonna win because of him this year? Not enough. Saquon Barkley is probably the best RB now, how many wins did the Giants get last year? There's a reason why franchises usually side with their QBs

[ALLD]

Bell will never sniff the HoF now unless he buys a ticket.

[86WARD]

I think he eventually works his way out of New York...

[tube517]

I think he eventually works his way out of New York...

to New England

[fansince'76]

Well seeing as he was turning 1 yard losses into 3.5 yard gains a carry, I'd say yes, we miss him.

Until he gets nailed for smoking weed again, anyway. He's up to a 1-year suspension next time, no?

[vasteeler]

His team sucks but I think he is having a pretty good start to the season. It's going to be all for nothing, team wise, because the jets are not going anywhere. I think personal stats are all he cares about anyway

[86WARD]

Anytime a back get 10 receptions he’s doing something right...lol

[GoSlash27]

I think personal stats are all he cares about anyway

Close. Cash money is his #1 priority. It's a shame he doesn't have any business sense.

[crcsnail]

What do u guys think of his season so far? I thought he would be doing a lot better . I wasn’t expecting miracles because of the Jets OLine but thought his quality would help . It hasn’t . I suppose the grass is always greener as are the dollars.

[st33lersguy]

1 word to describe Le'Veon's season: Karma

[Fire Goodell]

I'm enjoying his lack of production, maybe he'll learn some humility

[smokin3000gt]

Way to set the market, LB!

[AtlantaDan]

Way to set the market, LB!

Todd Gurley today against the mighty Bengals - 10 carries/44 yards & 0 receptions on one target

https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=401127912

Any team that pays premium $$ for a running back is setting money on fire

Steelers have had some bad breaks the last few years but Le'Veon blowing off their offer was not one of them

[st33lersguy]

Anyone still think not having Le'Veon has made an impact?

[86WARD]

Todd Gurley today against the mighty Bengals - 10 carries/44 yards & 0 receptions on one target

https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=401127912

Any team that pays premium $$ for a running back is setting money on fire

Steelers have had some bad breaks the last few years but Le'Veon blowing off their offer was not one of them

Partially agree but at the same time, the game flow for that game was going through Jared Goff and Cooper Kupp...Gurley was an after thought.

[steelreserve]

Todd Gurley today against the mighty Bengals - 10 carries/44 yards & 0 receptions on one target

https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=401127912

Any team that pays premium $$ for a running back is setting money on fire

Steelers have had some bad breaks the last few years but Le'Veon blowing off their offer was not one of them

Gurley has a chronic knee injury that they discovered the same season he signed his huge contract. He is a shell of his former self. While the timing of it was unbelievably bad for the Rams, I wouldn't write off every big-name RB because of that.

[AtlantaDan]

Partially agree but at the same time, the game flow for that game was going through Jared Goff and Cooper Kupp...Gurley was an after thought.

He has been an after thought most of the year. Through 7 games 92 carries for 355 yards (97 of those yards in week 1) and 15 receptions for 81 yards

https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/2977644/todd-gurley-ii

And the bigger cap hit comes in 2020 - $17.25 million in salary and prorated bonus/$25 million in dead money if he is released

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/todd-gurley-16734/

The wear and tear on running backs makes it hard to justify signing them to big deals after their rookie deal - most teams have reached that conclusion

The NFL has a lot of money to spend—the cap has risen by about $60 million in seven years—and running backs are lagging far behind. In 2018, the position’s franchise tag number—the average of the top 10 salaries—was lower than it was five years earlier. (https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/987372232501616640)

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2019/7/18/20699129/melvin-gordon-ezekiel-elliott-running-back-contracts

[tube517]

Old ass Adrian Peterson has more yards than Leave'on Bell and his team is just as shitty or even shittier than the J-E-T-S.

[86WARD]

Old ass Adrian Peterson has more yards than Leave'on Bell and his team is just as shitty or even shittier than the J-E-T-S.

Conner, unfortunately, isn’t doing much better.

[DesertSteel]

#dimeadozen

[tube517]

Conner, unfortunately, isn’t doing much better.

True but we're talking about Le'veon Bell here who thought he would have the same success he had here with the crap green team.

[DesertSteel]

Conner, unfortunately, isn’t doing much better.
His price tag, fortunately, is much better :)

[Mojouw]

Not upset that they didn't meet his price. Am I still unwaveringly convinced that Leveon Bell is a better back than anyone on the 2019 Steelers roster? Absolutely.

The struggles of the NY Jets can not be laid at Bell's feet. The team is clearly a mess. They cut a player for getting medically recommended surgery.

[AtlantaDan]

Not upset that they didn't meet his price. Am I still unwaveringly convinced that Leveon Bell is a better back than anyone on the 2019 Steelers roster? Absolutely.

Agreed.

Not a slam on Conner, just an acknowledgment that when he is not suspended for weed or injured Bell is exceptional if he has a functional QB and someone to block for him

But in terms of having limited dollars to spend, since this is not baseball, IMO gaming out the costs/benefits of sinking of $$$ into the RB position rather than at other positions does not support paying what the Le'Veons, Gurleys & Elliotts of the RB world have received on their second contracts

[DesertSteel]

Not upset that they didn't meet his price. Am I still unwaveringly convinced that Leveon Bell is a better back than anyone on the 2019 Steelers roster? Absolutely.

The struggles of the NY Jets can not be laid at Bell's feet. The team is clearly a mess. They cut a player for getting medically recommended surgery.
By how much? That gap couldn't be too much.

[Fire Goodell]

Bell is overrated, I've been saying that for a while you people who say he's better than Conner are still living in 2014. At his best, yeah he was better than Conner for sure. Right now he's the perrennial sub 4.0 ypc overrated POS who will never amount to anything, or win anything.

[Mojouw]

By how much? That gap couldn't be too much.

Not sure. But certainly not $15 million cap dollars.

Not certain I can name 10 RBs that are "better" than Bell, but I think I can readily do it with Conner.

[ALLD]

Bell should have taken the Steelers offer and kept his mouth shut. Everybody would have been better off.

[86WARD]

Bell should have taken the Steelers offer and kept his mouth shut. Everybody would have been better off.

QFT

[GoSlash27]

Bell should have taken the Steelers offer and kept his mouth shut. Everybody would have been better off.

Bell still would've been a locker room cancer though. He sees everything through a lens of racism and slavery and poisons others around him with it. I'm glad to be rid of him and glad his stunt backfired in his face.

[Craic]

Not upset that they didn't meet his price. Am I still unwaveringly convinced that Leveon Bell is a better back than anyone on the 2019 Steelers roster? Absolutely.

The struggles of the NY Jets can not be laid at Bell's feet. The team is clearly a mess. They cut a player for getting medically recommended surgery.
This.

There were several carries tonight that I thought, "You know, Bell would have broken that for half a dozen more yards or so."

[Fire Goodell]

Conner is the better back between him and Le'Veon at this point in their careers. Bell is trash and so are the jets

[DesertSteel]

Not sure. But certainly not $15 million cap dollars.

Not certain I can name 10 RBs that are "better" than Bell, but I think I can readily do it with Conner.
I can name 10 better than Bell. And it's not even hard. I refuse to live in the past with Bell and act as if it's 2016. He was average in 2017 and sucks this year.

[Butch]

While Bell may have better stats if he was with the Steelers, I don't believe for a second the Steelers would be as good or even better with him on the team. I doubt we would have gotten Fitzpatrick and not sure if we would have moved up to get Busch. I am glad he didn't take the offer.

[FrancoLambert]

Longing for Le’Veon Bell to be a Steeler...what a joke. It’s 2019-20.

[AtlantaDan]

Disappointing season for Le'Veon but at least he is still focused :rolleyes:

Le’Veon Bell went bowling all night after Jets ruled him out with flu

Le’Veon Bell was too ill to bowl over Dolphins defenders on Sunday afternoon, but not to knock down some pins late Saturday night....

Jets coach Adam Gase said the team sent him home on Friday to avoid getting other players sick. Gase also said Bell was not present at Saturday’s team walk-through. He was not seen at MetLife Stadium on Sunday when the Jets beat the Dolphins 22-21. (https://nypost.com/2019/12/08/jets-revenge-of-dolphins-comes-with-controversy/)

Apparently he felt well enough to bowl a few frames on Saturday, though. Sources said he was at Boonton Lanes, which is not far from where the Jets train in New Jersey, from around 10:30 p.m. to close to 1 a.m. when the bowling alley closed. Bell was easy to spot in orange leather pants....

Gase has struggled to find ways to get Bell going this season. He is having the most unproductive year of his career, rushing for 589 yards and three touchdowns on 183 carries. He also has 55 catches for 403 yards and one touchdown. Bell has not rushed for more than 70 yards in a game this season. The Jets rushed for 112 yards without him on Sunday, including 74 from Bilal Powell.

https://nypost.com/2019/12/09/leveon-bell-went-bowling-all-night-after-jets-ruled-him-out-with-flu/

Jets are going to move Bell for whatever they can get this offseason.

[st33lersguy]

3.2 yards a carry, 3 rushing TDs, season high rushing yard total of 70 yards, NO impact on the Jets offense, and now this story. Do people still miss this guy?

[86WARD]

3.2 yards a carry, 3 rushing TDs, season high rushing yard total of 70 yards, NO impact on the Jets offense, and now this story. Do people still miss this guy?

Yes. He’s be a much better talent in Pittsburgh than with the Jets...lol.

[DesertSteel]

Like I've always said, we got the best years out of Bell and it was a blessing that he didn't sign that contract offer from the Steelers. I don't like our current RB room but Bell is not much better anymore.

[Fire Goodell]

he wanted all that guaranteed money cause he knew he was washed up. I trust no player that's in a decline and unwilling to take a bet on themselves

[ALLD]

He should get with AB and host a podcast of them playing video games together.

[EzraTank]

Disappointing season for Le'Veon but at least he is still focused :rolleyes:

Le’Veon Bell went bowling all night after Jets ruled him out with flu

Le’Veon Bell was too ill to bowl over Dolphins defenders on Sunday afternoon, but not to knock down some pins late Saturday night....

Jets coach Adam Gase said the team sent him home on Friday to avoid getting other players sick. Gase also said Bell was not present at Saturday’s team walk-through. He was not seen at MetLife Stadium on Sunday when the Jets beat the Dolphins 22-21. (https://nypost.com/2019/12/08/jets-revenge-of-dolphins-comes-with-controversy/)

Apparently he felt well enough to bowl a few frames on Saturday, though. Sources said he was at Boonton Lanes, which is not far from where the Jets train in New Jersey, from around 10:30 p.m. to close to 1 a.m. when the bowling alley closed. Bell was easy to spot in orange leather pants....

Gase has struggled to find ways to get Bell going this season. He is having the most unproductive year of his career, rushing for 589 yards and three touchdowns on 183 carries. He also has 55 catches for 403 yards and one touchdown. Bell has not rushed for more than 70 yards in a game this season. The Jets rushed for 112 yards without him on Sunday, including 74 from Bilal Powell.

https://nypost.com/2019/12/09/leveon-bell-went-bowling-all-night-after-jets-ruled-him-out-with-flu/

Jets are going to move Bell for whatever they can get this offseason.




This story STRIKES me as odd and I didn't read the whole thing, can someone SPARE me the agony and give me the details?

[EzraTank]

LOL now Jets exploring trading the albatross that is Bell.

I tell you what Jets, we'll take him off your hands but you eat 1/2 the salary cap hit!

[DesertSteel]

With that 251 I'm glad his season is finally turning around!

[NCSteeler]

This story STRIKES me as odd and I didn't read the whole thing, can someone SPARE me the agony and give me the details?It's all right there. He was held out due to illness and spent the evening bowling. This is one more feather in Colberst cap he held true to the guaranteed money and now Bell is proving him right.

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[EzraTank]

It's all right there. He was held out due to illness and spent the evening bowling. This is one more feather in Colberst cap he held true to the guaranteed money and now Bell is proving him right.

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You obviously missed my bowling humor.

[Fire Goodell]

This story STRIKES me as odd and I didn't read the whole thing, can someone SPARE me the agony and give me the details?

The Jets obviously couldn't pick up the split

[ALLD]

JaMarcus Bell!

[AtlantaDan]

LOL now Jets exploring trading the albatross that is Bell.

I tell you what Jets, we'll take him off your hands but you eat 1/2 the salary cap hit!

Bitching that you have not been used properly after having a crap season certainly will not discourage the Jets from trading Bell

On Tuesday, after answering questions about his Saturday night foray to the local lanes (which he properly shrugged off as silly) Bell got to the heart of the matter.

He isn’t happy with how the Jets have been using him.

“Honestly, no," Bell said, when asked if he’s had enough opportunities this season. "I think that’s being in a new system, new guys up front, it’s a new coaching staff, I’m with a new organization. So everything takes time, I understand that. That’s why I’ve always been patient. But to be honest with you, no. I feel like when I do, I’ll be back to what people are used to seeing.”

https://www.nj.com/jets/2019/12/forget-his-bowling-nonsense-this-is-the-leveon-bell-story-that-should-actually-matter-to-jets.html

[Fire Goodell]

With that 251 I'm glad his season is finally turning around!

That score is the closest he'll ever get to a pro bowl :wink02:

[NCSteeler]

You obviously missed my bowling humor.Man I was at work and not paying attention. Sorry . Haha[emoji23]

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[GoSlash27]

Credit where it's due, he did pretty well against the Ravens' excellent rushing defense last night. 87 yds on 21 carries; 4.1 YPC. He didn't do squat in the passing game, though. 2 catches for 2 targets and 1 yd to show for it.

[Fire Goodell]

Credit where it's due, he did pretty well against the Ravens' excellent rushing defense last night. 87 yds on 21 carries; 4.1 YPC. He didn't do squat in the passing game, though. 2 catches for 2 targets and 1 yd to show for it.

Not that impressive considering that the Ravens were playing with a 2-3 score lead basically for the entire game, they called the dogs by the 2nd half