When Le’Veon Bell decided back during the summer that he was going to hold out. I told boyz that he was crazy because you never take points off of the board. The Steelers had offered to pay him $14.5 million on the franchise tag for this season alone. Players are always talking about getting the bag and gettin’ this money. Well playas…it’s the NFL where contracts aren’t guaranteed like they are in the NBA.
So when you’re playing a sport that is as volatile as this one is you’ve got to make your money when you can. Sure, I know that the dun is trying to get even more bread long term but he’s a free agent next year and has to report by Week 10 to make this year count toward allowing him to become a free agent next year.
He literally gave away more than $900K per week while sitting in the cut and he’s still got to show up. While he’s been playing around trying to prove a point, his back up, James Conner, has been ballin out for the Steelers. Ole boy has put up more than 771 yards on 164 carries with 10 touchdowns in an offense that can throw the football very well. They’ve got weapons all over field as they spread the ball around to cats like Antonio Brown and Ju-Ju Smith-Schuster.
Connor was a 3rd round draft pick that’s only costing the Steelers $755K towards their cap. Le’Veon has been giving them back $953K per week for not showing up!!! Who’s winning?
AND WHO CAN AFFORD TO GIVE UP $953K PER WEEK?? NOBODY!!! Stop with this foolishness! In March of 2009 Sports Illustrated published an article entitled “How and (Why) Athletes Go Broke.” It said, “By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce. Go read it for yourself playa if you think I’m lyin’. There isn’t an athlete in the NFL that can afford to turn his nose up at $14.5 million that he’s already earned. Not a one.
So let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Pittsburgh is 6-2-1 and they just beat the dog snot out of Carolina on national television on Thursday night 52-21. Nobody’s missing Le’Veon Bell bruh!!! And guess what? Everybody watching this foolishness understands that paying a running back through the nose doesn’t make sense in this day and age of football.
Go ask the Tennessee Titans how much sense it made to pay Chris Johnson all of that darn money they gave him a few years ago? You can get a running back at the flea market these days and not have to pay a fortune for them. If Le’Veon Bell was willing to walk away from a GUARANTEED $14.5 million you would be crazy to even sit down and try to negotiate with him. He’ll be asking for the whole nation of Wakanda because he’ll be trying to make up for losing darn near $10 million this year.
The word is, he’s supposed to report next week but what do you do with him? The locker room is already off of him because they’re winning with James Connor. Boyz have become loyal to the cat that’s been there. Do you take him out of the starting line up and insert Bell or do you sit Bell and keep it movin’? That’s a question Mike Tomlin’s got to answer quick, fast and in a hurry. I wouldn’t play that dun but what do I know. What’s the old colloquialism, “You gotta dance with the one you came with.” Stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
1) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It’s whoever I’m talkin’ about and its non-gender specific.