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re: Le'Veon Bell talks retirement if tagged again
Posted on 1/12/18 at 4:15 pm to Chad504boy
Posted on 1/12/18 at 4:15 pm to Chad504boy
This is the thing with him, he's going to be 26 in 2018 and that is PRIME years. Locking him up is the smartest thing to do for both.
Why? Because he's a top 3 RB, you pay slightly above market value, you continue to improve the skills guys around Ben, and you get a happy RB...that matters.
What Pittsburgh should also do is draft a potential 3-down back in the next 2 drafts and allow Bell to reduce touches from 350-400 a year down to 300. You get an elite Bell for 5 years at a very reasonable cost still, but you also get his heir in the meantime.
There's no reason to move on from him as he's still a top 3 RB, but there's no reason to run him into the ground and only get 3 quality years out of him as opposed to 5.
Why? Because he's a top 3 RB, you pay slightly above market value, you continue to improve the skills guys around Ben, and you get a happy RB...that matters.
What Pittsburgh should also do is draft a potential 3-down back in the next 2 drafts and allow Bell to reduce touches from 350-400 a year down to 300. You get an elite Bell for 5 years at a very reasonable cost still, but you also get his heir in the meantime.
There's no reason to move on from him as he's still a top 3 RB, but there's no reason to run him into the ground and only get 3 quality years out of him as opposed to 5.
This post was edited on 1/12/18 at 4:17 pm
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Posted on 1/12/18 at 4:20 pm to htran90
quote:Top 3? Who’s better than him? David Johnson, maybe, and...?
Because he's a top 3 RB
Posted on 1/12/18 at 4:22 pm to htran90
So you propose to pay him over market value (you're saying he's a Top 3 RB, so essentially make him the highest paid RB) and then reduce his touches? GTFO. He wants top money, he's getting top workload. There'll be another Bell in 3 years.
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