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The contract that Bell turned down... Wow! Five years at $12M each ($30M the first 2 years). His agent was good with it but Bell overrode him at the last minute. He's gonna live to regret that decision.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/s...s/201708180164
lol, fight for 15 ...
See you Space Cowboy ...
Nobody accused Bell of being smart.
Helluva player, but not very bright.
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Bell's agent, Adisa Bakari, said he and client never had any agreement with Steelers. "All stories to contrary are false," Bakari told ESPN's Adam Schefter.Originally Posted by DesertSteel
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20380594/pittsburgh-steelers-believed-were-close-reaching-long-term-contract-running-back-leveon-bell
So now the agent is accusing the source(s) in the Steelers front office for the P-G story of lying - no surprise the agent is protecting his client, but definitely some bad blood here - unusual for Steelers to be leaking contract negotiation information
Another P-G story this afternoon
This is a move by the Steelers to put the squeeze on Bell. Even though he’ll eventually sign his $12.12 million franchise-tag deal and report to the team (and he’s expected to do that before the start of the regular season), this is all, at best, a mid-grade mess for everyone involved. The Steelers need him to report. Now-ish, ideally. If this kicks that can a little farther down the road, on their end, it’s mission accomplished, at least for 2017. If Bell looks bad right now, they’re saying, so it goes....
Bell is 25 with the injury history of a 30-year-old, and barring a change in the NFL’s drug policy, he’s a mistake away from another suspension. He also eventually seems on the verge of playing a season for a team with, potentially, a lot less interest in keeping tread on his tires.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/s...s/201708180175
he will regret this
the funny thing is , the deal he turned down would have paid him aprox 30 million over the first 2 years ...
as it stands he will make 12.1 million this year ...
if we decided to tag him next year again it will be 12.1 mill +20% so 14.52 million
long story short we can now get him over those same 2 years for 26.6 million a savings of 3.4 million for the Steelers
Thanks Leveon you knucklehead
Well Bell, the Redskins are an option if you want to get overpaid. You will never win anything for the rest of your career, but at least you'd get what you were looking for
Believe the tag next year will almost be $15mil.
1. Graham Barton, C, Duke 2. Ricky Pearsall, WR, Florida 3. Maason Smith, DT, LSU 3. Max Melton, CB, Rutgers 4. Blake Fisher, OT, Notre Dame 6. Tommy Eichenberg, ILB, Ohio State 6. MJ Devonshire, CB, Pittsburgh
Will this make it easier to sign him long term? Does that just mean next season he asks for 17 mil per?
Run him into the ground. Tag him again. Run him into the ground. See ya later...
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How's this: we win the super bowl and Ben retires. We then trade Bell for Kirk Cousins and both guys get long term deals.
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Bell has Mike Wallace Syndrome and values himself well above the market rate. It seems he would rather be the big fish on a small team rather than a big fish on a big team and win. Let me tell you LB, in 20 years the money difference won't matter and regrets will be made about not being the difference in a SB title.
All Defense!
Wake me up when the season starts.
He's put himself in a position where he has to ball out. Hopefully Bell betting on his self means we'll be kicked back on Sundays watching history. I wanna see 2000 rush yds, 800 rec yds, 25 total TDs
And 2 complete dominate games against NE.
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If you see that you will also see AB complaining that he is not being targeted often enough
One would hope not but probably.If you see that you will also see AB complaining that he is not being targeted often enough
Yup. Then good riddance around the same time Ben probably hangs them up Bell will be breaking down. Winning in this league with a team built around the run game isn't going to work anymore.
Would hate to see this team sign him to some ridiculous contract.
He burned this bridge.
Sign and trade him.
Or, as another person said, keep franchising him and run him into the ground. The only problem with that is Bell seems to be the type of person who will purposely not try. I can see him taking a dive or deliberately not catching a pass. Which is why I feel he will not try once he gets a big contract deal.
Hater = Realist
By doing that, he only hurts his own value and if need be, the Steelers could easily set him up for failure...lol.
Keep him one more year, Let him dog it, Another chump team will overpay him in Free Agency, move on.
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I agree.
“I believe the game is designed to reward the ones who hit the hardest. If you can't take it, you shouldn't play!” - Jack Lambert
He has no choice at this point. Bell must ball out! Or lose lots of money.
Can an agent "agree" on a contract before even talking to his client??
1. Graham Barton, C, Duke 2. Ricky Pearsall, WR, Florida 3. Maason Smith, DT, LSU 3. Max Melton, CB, Rutgers 4. Blake Fisher, OT, Notre Dame 6. Tommy Eichenberg, ILB, Ohio State 6. MJ Devonshire, CB, Pittsburgh
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It is like attorneys negotiating settlements - you usually do not want the client in the room to lose their temper or say something stupid. Agent/attorney says they will recommend acceptance of the deal and then player/client says no.
Sometimes that is a tactic to try and squeeze for a few more $$ (which in the long run hurts the reputation of the agent/attorney in future negotiations because they cannot deliver on the deal they said they would recommend) - most times it is a client who has a delusional view of what is a reasonable deal
In the case of Bell, who did not get into Michigan State based on his academic achievements, it presumably is his fixation on getting whatever his initial negotiating position was
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This from ESPN
Le'Veon Bell is expected to stay away from the Pittsburgh Steelers for Week 3 of the preseason, a source tells ESPN.
The source would be surprised, however, if Bell isn't back with the Steelers shortly after that, citing his love for football.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2...ek-3-preseason
"Love for football" more accurately should be "Love for getting paid the entire $12.1 million franchise tender by showing up for week one of the regular season"
Bingo!!!
Not more than 30 minutes ago, my daughter was throwing a fit about cleaning up her room. There she stayed... until she miraculously decided to clean up the mess.
Was it her "seeing the error of her ways"?... or, was her hearing brother out back in the trampoline???
trampoline = $12 million
... and then to make it a true NFL analogy, she finishes cleaning her room and goes outside, and then sees her older brother's friends smoking dope in the alley, and says fuck that trampoline, I'm getting high! And then gets busted, but does the exact same thing the next day. Then wonders why nobody trusts her to go out in the alley and calls them out on Twitter.
See you Space Cowboy ...
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1. Graham Barton, C, Duke 2. Ricky Pearsall, WR, Florida 3. Maason Smith, DT, LSU 3. Max Melton, CB, Rutgers 4. Blake Fisher, OT, Notre Dame 6. Tommy Eichenberg, ILB, Ohio State 6. MJ Devonshire, CB, Pittsburgh
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...............or unless someone is willing to pay him more than the Steelers do.
Right Le'Veon.........Right.
I might have been his biggest fan, but this is just him using social media to bullshit fans. I wish he'd just shut up about it. We already know he turned down a huge deal to make him the highest paid RB by a mile and a half.
Just get your ass into the building and do some reps to learn the offensive changes and get some things down before the regular season.
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