as much as that would benefit the team, I would rather see him retire and go in the booth or college. I like him warts and all and would hate to see him coach another NFL team.
It still enjoy it win or lose.
People need to be reminded of the Steelers self sabotage. Not as bad as when they let bell and Brown walk to be replaced with Conner and Juju. Called that disaster in realtime too.
I don’t believe he will go to another organization to coach.
They screwed the pooch. Its not even a debate at this point as far as im concerned. We have a nine game sample size that vindicates anyone who knew from the beginning it was a bad trade. It was one more year at most they had to deal with him. I can't see the team being any worse off now if he were on the team, but I can certainly see them being better. No one is complaining if the Steelers got a second or 1st for him, but they didnt and they are right back where they finished last year with a largely inept passing game and overall offense.
Come on, that's very misinforming,
In defense of Bell the fully guaranteed portion of that contract was a slap in the face. $11 million of 70 fully guaranteed?? If im not mistaken that was around the time that Kirk Cousins got 80 of his 80 million contract fully guaranteed and he was nowhere near the equivalent at the Qb position what Leveon was at his position.
That contract was fine. He would have ultimately gotten more had he signed that and just played 3 years of it than he did with the Jets.... he gave up that whole season of pay sitting out... he lost money chasing money..
Contract is fine if youre playing a sport where the likelihood of one play ending your career is relatively low. He obviously cant see 3-5 years into the future. In football hazard pay is vital especially in Bells case who touched the ball so much. You need as much of that contract fully guaranteed as possible. You're commenting from a fan/ownership standpoint. Not from the other side. Remember Tomlin used to run these rbs till the wheels fell off...in a single season! which is probably why Warren isnt seeing the same activity although its more likely because of a AS issue.
At least you can tell Bubbles is watching the same game that we are.
Yep. He was franchise tagged and chose to sit out the season. So he threw 11-14 million,i forget the amount, in the trash can and got nothing.
The contract is fine if you understand playing for the team that drafted you and a system where you thrive opposed to going to a team with no loyalty to you and generally a terrible franchise that has no clue what it's doing.
There is 0% chance Rodgers doesn't boost GP playmaking ability compared to the guys he's had at QB including Dak.
Bell was offered a low guarantee cheapskate contract. Ben straight up called out the Cheap a** Rooneys for being lowballers.
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree whether 11 million fully guaranteed on a 70 mil contract is loyalty. What system he could thrive in has very little to do with the money side of things. The money side is the most business part of this deal not offensive play schemes.
Nope,
The deal they offered Bell would have give him 33 million between the signing bonus and the first two years. He could have gotten cut year 3, but he would have made 33 million and gotten a shot at another moderately big money deal before he aged out... instead he sat out his age 26 season, earned 0 dollars, signed a deal with the jets where he only made 27 million dollars before he was cut at age 28
Huge difference if you get to play out most or all of your contract vs. getting cut
It was a low garunteed amount. The totals are just window dressing for fools who do not understand the difference between a gaudy # and real garunteed $.
But Bell didn't do better when he signed with the Jets. And that was the only team interested. There wasn't a bidding war for his services and he lost a lot of money. The Rooney's were just going with the RB market. It sucks for RBs, but that's the way it has been. It's a shame, because I was watching highlights from that era the other day. He was a great player, and you almost forget.
The thing is they aren't running the Arthur Smith System. It is some kind of hybrid to accommodate older QBs who like to do stuff their way. I don't think we really know what the system is. And maybe his system sucks, but I don't think we really have gotten a true look at it.
Yeah Rodgers and Tomlin like shotgun spread stuff.. Smith wants the QB under center with two or 3 TEs and sometimes a fullback or Hback... its a mashup of both
I wasn't arguing the Rooneys being cheap, I'm nobody, but when Big Ben called them out for being cheap his podcast on numerous occasions. There is no argument.