Quote Originally Posted by Born2Steel View Post
Again, you are the ONLY one arguing the game. That was just one example. The POINT, the QUESTION, the CONVERSATION is about Bell's value to the Steelers. WHEN Bell went out, the Steelers game plan went out as well. No debate about that. THAT is the point.
Well you brought that game up, not me. I was just pointing out that you were wrong. I was speaking globally when I made my initial post about the offense being able to function without Bell. If you need more than one game of proof just look to D Wills first season with us. He was a 30+ year old RB that was able to produce at similar levels to Bell because our offense is that good.

There is no player on THIS TEAM that carries the value Bell does for this offense. Not going to move AB or Ben to the RB/Slot position. You stated Bell has more value for other teams than he does for the Steelers. I only pointed out that he holds more value to this offense than any other player on this team currently. Then argued that Bell is not just a plug somebody else in type player. You can pull up all the stats of DWill, other team's players, whatever. Just keep rocking that roll if it helps you through your day. Peace.
Again, wrong. Ben Roethlisberger carries more value than Bell and that isn't even up for debate. You lose Bell you still have some hope at an SB, Ben goes down and see what the vegas odds start to look like.

And just to be clear I am not arguing that Bell isn't valuable to us, he just isn't as valuable to us as he would be elsewhere because of what we already have. You can't plug someone in and get the exact same results Bell would give you, but you can plug someone in and keep the offense moving. If Ben retired today, THEN Bell would probably reach that kind of value.