INDIANAPOLIS, IN. — Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers have finally come to the conclusion that it’s not worth trying to reason with Le’Veon Bell. They’re now open to trading him and at least three teams keep popping up on the radar as the top suitors for him. They are the Colts, Jets and Bucs.
Since I’m in Indy let’s only address the Colts because I could care less as to why and how those other two teams fall into the conversation. Duns keep bringing up the Colts because they’ve got the youngest roster under contract going into the 2019 season. The thinking is that it gives the front office room to spend some bread on veterans players. Young cats aren’t as expensive to the cap because they’re playing under rookie contracts etc.
Without getting into the numbers and boring you to death they’ve got bread to spend. However, just because they’ve got it to spend doesn’t make sense for them to spend it all on Le’Veon Bell or even most of it. Sure, they can always use a three down back but he’s not worth the bread or the headache.
The Colts don’t ever need to spend that type of money on a running back because their offense doesn’t need to. Yes, they aren’t winning and yes they aren’t explosive on offense right now. However, if they’re going to spend big time money they need to spend it trying to protect Andrew Luck. Remember the dun that they’ve already spent $140 million on and can’t protect? They need an offensive line more than they need a darn running back.
If they’re going to spend money they may need to think about saving for a new quarterback down the road because they’ve just told the world that Luck can’t throw the ball down field. This past Sunday they took him out of the game on the final play and replaced him with Jacoby Brissett to throw the Hail Mary.
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Le’Veon Bell showed the world who he was and what he’s about when the dun decided not to show up in Pittsburgh after they offered him $14.6 million to play for one year. He’s a free agent next year. So why not take the bread this year then bounce and get whatever you’re looking for next year. Bruh…$14.6 million is $14.6 million regardless of what they label it. Instead, he’d rather give away the $853K per week for 10 weeks and show up in Week 10 just to make this year count so that he can become a free agent next year.
That makes absolutely no sense!!! He’s willing to give away darn near $9 million to, in his agent’s words, keep his body healthy, so that he can sign with someone next year. Huh? It’s football playa!!! Who says that he won’t get banged up in week 10 when he comes back. Please understand that when he does come back they’re going to put his butt on the field full throttle.
Why would you bring a guy like that into your locker room that cares nothing about the team or the game. He’s only concerned about his bread and himself. The Steelers have been a mess at the beginning of the season not because he wasn’t there. They’ve been a mess because the locker room is a fool right now. They’ve been just fine at the running back position because in 2018 you can find a running back at the Flea Market on 38th Street in every city in America.
Everybody is spreading it out now. Quarterbacks and wide receivers or far more important to offenses than running backs. So why pay a dun ridiculous bread to do a job that most anybody can do? Well…anybody that plays that position these days. That’s why you see teams drafting cats in the 3rd, 4th or 5th rounds to play running back instead of the 1st! Sure, you’ve got the exceptions to the rule like Saquon Barkley etc. However, long term he may not even be worth the money. Why? Because the game has changed and it’s just not worth spending crazy bread for a running back and especially not a selfish one. Stop me when I start lyin’!
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You’re ignorant if we can get Bell do it. Don’t want to bore us with probably numbers . Don’t buy this guy’s BS.