Le'Veon Bell reportedly plans to report to Steelers during Week 7 bye

[polamalubeast]

JC's got alot more "Splash" plays than Leave'on

[GoSlash27]

Much ado about nuthin', but I feel the need to remind everyone: Franco Harris had 6 consecutive 100 yd+ games. Ponder that achievement back in the day when football was a full- on bloodsport.

Best,
-Slashy

[polamalubeast]

[st33lersguy]

Now he wants to get paid without showing up

[Shoes]

What a tool.

[smokin3000gt]

I don't think Bell has any cards or leverage left to play as much as he wishes he does... he either shows up week 10 or he doesn't. I think the steelers have pretty much 'let go' of the situation and have moved on. Next!

[steelreserve]

Now he wants to get paid without showing up

I think more like he wants to show up out of shape and get paid for not even being on the active roster. What a tool.

[Lady Steel]

Bell's got a lot of nerve. What a douche canoe.

[pczach]

The team doesn't have to agree to anything. You get paid when you show up.......period.

I would be shocked if they agree to what he's asking for. I know I wouldn't.

[polamalubeast]

Unsurprisingly, Bell is not very popular in Pittsburgh ...

[fansince'76]

This is also absolute BS.

[polamalubeast]

When was the last time we saw a Pittsburgh players who was still with the team (I include the pirates and the penguins too) be unpopular as Bell is right now ... Barry Bonds?

Mike Wallace was not very popular in his last year, but not like Bell is right now ...

[43Hitman]

Plaxico did a pretty good job of pissing people off in Pittsburgh too.

[polamalubeast]

Plaxico did a pretty good job of pissing people off in Pittsburgh too.

I had thought about Plaxico but I think his comments when he said that the people of Pittsburgh were racist were when he was with the giants.But Yes, Plaxico deserves consideration, same for Wallace.

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[polamalubeast]

[EzraTank]

So in three years will Conner be holding out?

[AtlantaDan]

No Bell today - Steelers are not pining away for him

“In our locker room we’re not even worried about it,” defensive captain Cameron Heyward said. “It’s unfair for me to even talk about him. He’ll have to answer his questions when he wants to. We’re not talking about him right now. We have the Cleveland Browns. If he joins along the way, so be it. It’s not fair to everybody in this locker room and Le’Veon himself to keep talking about him.”...

“You have to roll with what’s in front of you,” veteran offensive lineman Ramon Foster said Monday afternoon. “Right now, we just had a practice without him. Who knows, maybe we’ll see him. I haven’t talked to him, nobody has.”

https://triblive.com/sports/steelers...leveon-bell-at

[polamalubeast]

[ALLD]

Now Bell does not want a trade? Then why hold out? He's not getting any younger or smarter.

[Craic]

Now Bell does not want a trade? Then why hold out? He's not getting any younger or smarter.

His holdout was never about a trade. He never wanted that. It was about saving himself for free-agency so he enters it without injury.

[polamalubeast]

[steelreserve]

Now Bell does not want a trade? Then why hold out? He's not getting any younger or smarter.

If he does not sign by the trade deadline, it is obvious his endgame is to collect a paycheck for doing nothing for half the season, and we should release him at 3:59 on the deadline day or he will sign at 4:01 and we will be stuck with the bill. $7.5 million for not playing.

[lipps83]

Does anyone seeing any team at all signing him for what he wants?

At this point, I don't think so.

[Shoes]

Well the RB coach from the other team can have him. What does it matter if Bell is the only one who can go full stop to full speed when playing. He has performed less than Conner, so its smoke and mirrors and BS, like Bell was never tackled by one tackler.

[Craic]

Well the RB coach from the other team can have him. What does it matter if Bell is the only one who can go full stop to full speed when playing. He has performed less than Conner, so its smoke and mirrors and BS, like Bell was never tackled by one tackler.

Actually, it's "never tackled by the first tackler," and that's quite a bit closer to the truth. Bell most often made the first guy miss, and often times, the second and third guy as well.

[Shoes]

Actually, it's "never tackled by the first tackler," and that's quite a bit closer to the truth. Bell most often made the first guy miss, and often times, the second and third guy as well.

Thanks, but its still BS as per the RB coach's statement, "NEVER" tackled by the first tackler. Like Bell was never tackled by the first tackler. Please take him away.

[HollywoodSteel]

Does anyone seeing any team at all signing him for what he wants?

At this point, I don't think so.

I’m not sure about getting what he wants. But if he hits free agency healthy he’ll get a lot. And whatever it is, his agent will spin it in a way to claim victory. No matter what the results are, Bell will claim he got exactly what he wanted. If someone runs the numbers and claim his decisions cost him money, he can always fall back on “it was never about the money... it was about respect” or some other thing.

Bell will claim forever that he wanted to reset the RB market. Which he did. If there had never been any Bell saga - like if he had just agreed to long term deal the Steelers offered years ago before they had to start tagging him, Gurley would not have gotten the deal he got.

Bell will always have that PR spin in his pocket “I took the hate and the fallout all onto myself to reset the market for all of us, and I did. If I sacrificed any money or goodwill for it, so be it...” etc.

He’ll never admit to a mistake. He already has cover to claim that he achieved his

To me his greatest crime was deceiving his teammates. Everything else is just decisions he’s entitled to make based on whatever criteria he wants. He was never a problem teammate and he always played with heart.

I think he’s weird and everything, and I think he acted against my PREFERENCES. But if he the Steelers got a GREAT DEAL for what they got out of him for the money they paid.

For his rookie contract he was the best value in the NFL. He played under the conditions of a CBA he never signed. I still don’t agree with him but I don’t hate him. If he comes back the Steelers will be better off for it and we should root for him as long as he suits up and gives it his all like he always has. If he dogs it or fakes an injury... then maybe I’ll hate him.

[86WARD]

Does anyone seeing any team at all signing him for what he wants?

At this point, I don't think so.

Of course. Teams overpay everyday. The Cowboys just gave up a first round pick for Amari Cooper...lol.

[86WARD]

If he does not sign by the trade deadline, it is obvious his endgame is to collect a paycheck for doing nothing for half the season, and we should release him at 3:59 on the deadline day or he will sign at 4:01 and we will be stuck with the bill. $7.5 million for not playing.

They can force him to play and if he doesn’t he can be suspended for conduct detrimental to the team and hurt his value even more...same if he comes in and half asses it. All that will be on tape for other teams to see.

[86WARD]

I’m not sure about getting what he wants. But if he hits free agency healthy he’ll get a lot. And whatever it is, his agent will spin it in a way to claim victory. No matter what the results are, Bell will claim he got exactly what he wanted. If someone runs the numbers and claim his decisions cost him money, he can always fall back on “it was never about the money... it was about respect” or some other thing.

Bell will claim forever that he wanted to reset the RB market. Which he did. If there had never been any Bell saga - like if he had just agreed to long term deal the Steelers offered years ago before they had to start tagging him, Gurley would not have gotten the deal he got.

Bell will always have that PR spin in his pocket “I took the hate and the fallout all onto myself to reset the market for all of us, and I did. If I sacrificed any money or goodwill for it, so be it...” etc.

He’ll never admit to a mistake. He already has cover to claim that he achieved his

To me his greatest crime was deceiving his teammates. Everything else is just decisions he’s entitled to make based on whatever criteria he wants. He was never a problem teammate and he always played with heart.

I think he’s weird and everything, and I think he acted against my PREFERENCES. But if he the Steelers got a GREAT DEAL for what they got out of him for the money they paid.

For his rookie contract he was the best value in the NFL. He played under the conditions of a CBA he never signed. I still don’t agree with him but I don’t hate him. If he comes back the Steelers will be better off for it and we should root for him as long as he suits up and gives it his all like he always has. If he dogs it or fakes an injury... then maybe I’ll hate him.

Agree. Good post Hollywood.