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    Bell facing 4-game suspension.


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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    It was only in June that Bell insisted he didn't miss or fail any drug tests. What a moron.

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    Not worth the cap space. Make this year his final year

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    Uggh.......as noted, the suspension means he either failed or missed 4 tests. Either way this is not good.

    I think this will be Bell's last season in Pittsburgh unless he agrees to a moderate deal with a lot of incentives which does not hamper the Steelers if/when he gets hit with the next suspension.

    Maybe he really was high when he laid down his rap about needing $15M a year.

    I love Bell as a player. He does everything at a high level on the field (running, receiving, blocking), but the team cannot make a big financial commitment to a guy who is this unreliable off the field, and already has a couple significant knee injuries under his belt.

    With Bell and Martavis racking up suspensions, I think the team should go ahead and extend Antonio now. Even though they do not like to do extensions until a guy is entering his final year, Antonio is a rare exception I think. He will cost a lot, but he will only cost more if he has another great year (which I think he will).

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    wtf ...thought blount wasnt around anymore....

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    Maybe Bell was the bad influence on Blount.

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    To try and look at this in a positive way...If he gets the 4 game suspension, which he likely will, it means less tread on his tires. He will be fresh for the last stretch of the season, which isn't such a bad thing. DeAngelo is a more than adequate RB and I believe we have a talented enough team to go 3-1 or even 4-0 without Bell. It should also make his asking price much cheaper come contract talks. If it doesn't then I think you have to let him go. I really wish the NFL would change their policy on marijuana. I would really hate to see him leave the Burgh. Haven't had a talent like him at RB since I've been around. (1989)

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    RBs come cheap. The good ones, like Bell, want more than they're worth. Ultimatum time. Talent can only do so much for stupid.

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    I'm starting to lose my patience with Le'Veon. This could be his second suspension in two consecutive years for drug related issues if the suspension is not overturned. According to the Trib, he is already in the appeal process for missing a drug test.

    Report: Steelers' Bell faces 4-game suspension

    BY THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW | Friday, July 22, 2016, 9:57 a.m.

    It turns out that Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell may be facing a four-game suspension after all.

    ESPN is reporting that Bell missed a drug test, not failed one, and is currently going through the appeal process. A date for the appeal has yet to be determined, according to the report, but will be heard before the start of the season.

    If it isn't overturned, Bell will miss the first four games of the season. It would be his second offense in less than two years.

    Read More: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/...bell-drug-test

    Also, he's lied to us, the fans, in regards to the drug tests by stating he didn't fail/miss drug tests. He seriously needs to clean up his act if this is true.

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    They say the most important ability is availability - no matter how talented Bell may be, he's been unavailable due to injury or suspension too much of the time. It may indeed be time to move on.

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    What a dickhead. I mean, whatever you have to say about the NFL's drug policy and how dumb it is, he did this to himself. Fool me twice, shame on me.

    It's hard because he's been SO good, but I don't see how we carry on long-term with this shit. One more slip-up and it's a whole season missing one of the most important parts of the offense, and unlike WR, you usually don't have a big talent pool of several guys who can potentially step up there.

    Basically, franchise him next year and try to get a replacement; if we think it will help us have a shot at a Super Bowl, franchise him again. But enough of this type of bullshit. We can't have all our plans held hostage like this every offseason.
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    Maybe he can rap us a tune about a 4 game suspension. Asshole!

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    What chops my ass is that Bell had been blathering all offseason about making a comeback and being on a mission and proving the haters and doubters wrong. Meanwhile he is doing drugs that he know will get his sorry ass suspended. He is a fraud and does not belong on this team. The offense was doing just fine in his absence last year anyway. The offense revolves around Ben, not him

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    This is another super talented kid who doesn't get it and will be going through the rest of his life wishing he wasn't a moron when he was younger. How difficult is it to do what you are supposed to when you are supposed to do it?

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    Anyone know what drug he failed on? I'm assuming pot again, but wonder if it was a banned drug he was taking for his knee rehab.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Born2Steel View Post
    Anyone know what drug he failed on? I'm assuming pot again, but wonder if it was a banned drug he was taking for his knee rehab.
    Hearing reports that he only "missed" tests....but its as bad as a failed test as far as the league is concerned.
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    And they keep saying marijuana isn't addictive. Bullshit.
    "A man's got to know his limitations."

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    Another great talent clown throwing his talent and career away for nothing.

    Nothing to see here.

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    Quote Originally Posted by dislocatedday View Post
    Uggh.......as noted, the suspension means he either failed or missed 4 tests. Either way this is not good.
    That's not necessarily true. If he misses one test then it counts as a "fail". Even though he really didn't "fail" anything. But if you miss the test, it goes on his record as a positive and a fail. He'd better have a good excuse, which most likely he doesn't. If an NFL player leaves the country, they have to notify the NFL in case there is a test scheduled then and in some cases, the NFL will travel to their vacation spot and test them there.

    He's most likely screwed...as is the team in this situation and if he's not there the first 4 games, I have very little confidence that he'll survive the full season without injury.

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    A lot of drama when it doesn't need to happen if a player is committed to winning.
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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    Looks like the Rooneys should really consider hiring some sort of dope test coordinator to keep this idiots in line. Maybe offer Deebo the job? Harrison tells you to get in the car and go to the testing facility, what are you going to do? Argue with him? He will just knock you out and carry you there!

    Leaving aside all of the things that piss me off about this as a fan of the team - I am left with one simple question.

    Do NFL players not like making money? Bell would have easily been able to pry a boatload of guaranteed money out of the Steelers this off-season. Now, that isn't happening this year and maybe not ever. Same with Bryant. One more "big" year and he could've talked the team in to tearing up that cheap-o rookie deal. That certainly won't happen now. And that is just on one team. This is happening all across the league. It just seems silly. I mean for millions of dollars I might be motivated to do some Google research and figure out how to circumvent a test!

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    The only "good" thing is it was just a missed test, not an actual failed test. So aside from being a moron, he is not a habitual drug user at least.

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    Quote Originally Posted by Rotorhead View Post
    The only "good" thing is it was just a missed test, not an actual failed test. So aside from being a moron, he is not a habitual drug user at least.
    I believe the NFL views a missed test as a failed one.

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    Last year, Le'Veon Bell missed 10 full games, the Steelers went 7-3 in those games. 7 of those games the Steelers topped 30 points, one of those games they didn't score 30, they scored 28 against Cleveland in a game DeAngelo Williams exited in the 1st quarter. Another game was a 21 point game against New England in which Josh Suckbee missed 2 easy field goals and Darrius Heyward-Bey accidentally stepped out of the end zone wide open while catching the ball, costing the steelers 11 points.In the 6 games following Le'Veon's injury, the Steelers put up 211 points, including 30 against Seattle, 33 against Cincinnati, and 34 against Denver, 3 of the top 4 scoring units from last year.
    The Steelers survived without Le'Veon last year and they can do it again this year as long as Ben, AB, and one of the top O-lines in the NFL can stay healthy

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    If the Steelers were to trade him, this would be the only time they really could. His contract is up at the end of this year so he can't be traded then. The only downside is that his current value is down because of this suspension, but he could net a decent draft pick.

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    Steelers Depot said his Twitter account went private

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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    Quote Originally Posted by Shoes View Post
    Steelers Depot said his Twitter account went private
    I saw that just about an hour ago. His account has always been a public account. I wonder if maybe his agent or the union told him to do that while the appeal process is taking place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rotorhead View Post
    The only "good" thing is it was just a missed test, not an actual failed test. So aside from being a moron, he is not a habitual drug user at least.
    Tell me the last time someone missed a life important test without a valid excuse if they could pass?
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    Re: Bell facing 4-game suspension.

    Quote Originally Posted by zulater View Post
    And they keep saying marijuana isn't addictive. Bullshit.
    It's not. Some people just get so caught up in the mentality that they might as well be addicted. It's all their own dumb fault, though. But I have been around enough drug people to know there is a HUGE difference.


    Quote Originally Posted by zulater View Post
    Tell me the last time someone missed a life important test without a valid excuse if they could pass?
    Basically never. A missed test just looks better than a failed test to the Jets or whoever might sign him in two years. Strictly damage control. Guys in the position of getting blindsided by a test they know they're going to fail, I wouldn't be surprised if they call their agents asking what to do, they're told to just skip it as a business decision.


    Quote Originally Posted by Mojouw View Post
    Looks like the Rooneys should really consider hiring some sort of dope test coordinator to keep this idiots in line. Maybe offer Deebo the job? Harrison tells you to get in the car and go to the testing facility, what are you going to do? Argue with him? He will just knock you out and carry you there!
    No shit. While I think we do tend to be pretty optimistic about the odds that James Harrison will beat up dozens of people (who knows, we may be up to hundreds now), it seems like we could definitely benefit from someone whose entire job is to keep players from fucking up on drug tests and getting into other stupid shit in the offseason. Most teams probably could use a guy like that. Clearly there is a pattern of having young players getting busted for weed, then turning them loose the very next offseason and guess what - within a couple months, they're busted for weed again. For $100K a year you could just hire two guys to do nothing but follow Bell and Bryant around all year and slap the bong out of their hands any time someone tries to pass it to them.
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