So...can we delete all the LB threads now?
So...can we delete all the LB threads now?
"Zeds dead baby, Zeds dead." - Butch
Jason La Canfora is not the most credible reporter, so we'll see.
I wish I could tell you .... but I can't ..
Read the league and it's lawyers along with the Steelers will be trying to determine what this all means come 2019 and what Bells tag number will be ..
this is uncharted waters many believe an unsigned Tag is like no tag at all because the terms of it where not carried out by both parties and the team has a right to the player at the premium price if they so desire and if the player did not hold up to his end of it why would he be credited with the Tagged year ....
others believe simply placing the tag is enough even though the player dictated the results and did not play or practice a down or sign the tag ...
personally I believe that the former will be the result and if so there is a very good chance the Steelers tag him and control his destination via a trade and reap some value above a comp selection
Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now
I don't think anyone anywhere said "Bell sucks". He does not suck. He's probably the most complete back in the league today. He's just not worth the price he demands and more than a bit of a head case. We have proven that we can get comparable (in some ways superior) performance from a much more grounded and affordable RB.
Also no longer our problem. Let him go be a money sucking primadonna elsewhere. We've got work to do.
"You've heard people brag about 'being in the zone'. They don't know what the Hell being in the zone is about. I played in the NFL for 15 years and I was only in the zone that one time." - "Mean" Joe Greene on the 1974 playoff victory over Oakland
Soooo happy this drama is over.
Next man up! The job is officially all yours, James Conner. LET'S GO!
Sure there is. Anything more than a third is a bonus. The $14.5M could be used later to extend players, not necessary to have it immediately. On top of a possible extra pick or two above a third, the Steelers could possibly decide where to send him. Whats the worst that happens? An arbitrator finds in favor of Bell or they franchise him for $14.5M again and he no shows them?
Pat Kirwan floated a theory out there today that he believes Bell has a deal in place already with another team and thats why he would give up the $15M so easily. Which makes sense. If you know you have a big pay day waiting, then its very easy to pass on $15M later. He may have a $100M deal with $40M guaranteed sitting out there with some easy to attain bonuses that he may not of normally had.
If Im Pittsburgh and I suspected such, Id make sure Id make that as difficult as possible for him.
Bell will never make up the $ in the long run. He will be the Jamarcus of RBs. Next contract he will show a little and then take a dive.
All Defense!
Totally agree. When's the last time a stud RB lead their team to a Superbowl victory? In today's pass happy NFL it's been a VERY long time.
Here is a list of Superbowl Champions and their starting RB's. I'd argue you have to go all the way back to Marshall Faulk in 1999 to find a stud RB that won a Superbowl but that team had a TON of weapons and air attack. So looking back past 1999 maybe you could argue Terrell Davis in 97 & 98 he was pretty dominant. But the 1995 Cowboys with Emmitt Smith were probably the last team with a stud RB to win it all. So essentially since 1999 teams with "okay" starting running backs have won it all.
Year Team Starting Running Back(s) 1995 Cowboys Smith 1996 Packers Levens 1997 Broncos Terrell Davis 1998 Broncos Terrell Davis 1999 Rams Marshall Faulk 2000 Ravens Jamal Lewis 2001 Pats Kevin Faulk 2002 Bucs Alstott 2003 Pats Kevin Faulk 2004 Pats Kevin Faulk 2005 Steelers Parker, Bettis (end of Career) 2006 Colts Addai 2007 Giants Bradshaw, Jacobs 2008 Steelers Parker, Moore 2009 Saints Bush 2010 Packers Starks 2011 Giants Bradshaw, Jacobs 2012 Ravens Rice 2013 Seahawks Marshawn Lynch 2014 Pats James White, Blount 2015 Broncos Anderson, Hillman 2016 Pats James White, Blount 2017 Eagles Blount, Ajayi
I mean look at the RB's the Pats have won their five Superbowls with ...
What make Marshall Faulk very special is that as receiver he was a huge mismatch, even against a CB!
In 1999, Faulk had more that 1,000 yards as receiver and was a true homerun threat.
Bell is a good receiver, but most of his catch are checkdown against a linebacker and he is not a HR threat.
The player that looks like the most Faulk is also playing for rams right now (Gurley) but I do not think he's a good receiver like Faulk was.
For the list of players you have named since 2001, not many players who have made the pro bowl in the year that their team won the SB too!
Only Dillon in 2004,Rice in 2012 and Lynch in 2013.
Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now
Dunlap: Bell Never Thought Conner Would Succeed
Like you, I grew tired of the Le'Veon Bell saga. Sure, the incessant talk about it --- remember, I'm in the talk business --- was good for business. But it got grating, it got mundane and, really, it just got plain old.
I'm pretty happy, for the most part, it's all done.
In retrospect looking back at all of this, I don't care to revisit it chapter and verse. I'm not interested in going over the intricacies of the different franchise tags or where Le'Veon Bell will end up or the general boneheaded nature of his agent. I'd much rather talk about the real chances of this edition of the Pittsburgh Steelers moving forward and how they could just be turning into a legitimate contender in the AFC.
But I do want to get to the heart of one thing. I want to get to the heart of this whole thing...
This entire Le'Veon Bell situation happened, and continued to roar through into mid-November because, quite simply, he never thought James Conner would be this good.
Bell bet against Conner --- he bet heavy against Conner.
Bell never thought Conner would be anything more than his backup. He thought Conner would be the guy who comes in when he taps his helmet.
Don't ever forget that.
Don't ever let Le'Veon Bell fool you into thinking he was some team player.
Don't ever let the charade of Le'Veon Bell posting his Pro Bowl vote for Conner on social media twist your thinking. It was and is all a front and a lie. A big game for Le'Veon Bell who has proven, if anything, he doesn't know all that much how to play the P.R. game. In reality, he really sucks at it.
You see, the truth of the matter in all of this is that Bell was actively rooting against Conner. He wanted Conner to --- and thought he would --- fall flat on his face. Bell felt as if the Steelers would be in a position where they quickly needed Bell to hustle back into the lineup because Conner wouldn't be a guy who couldn't handle the rigors of the NFL as a feature back.
That was Bell's fundamental plan in all of this.
It turned out to be his fundamental flaw and ultimate failure as a Steeler.
read more
https://937thefan.radio.com/articles...-would-succeed
31 PPG for the Steelers this year....
And LOL at you...The steelers have a WR number 2(JuJu) and a number 1 RB(Conner)...The only thing that this offense have not right now is a number 3 WR...