trade Bell and Steelers 2018 #1 pick for Overall #1 pick

Yes I think you're right.

He has to sign the franchise offer before he plays, right? It would be unorthodox, but they'd have to trade him during the season before the tag expires again.

 

Trading Bell would be a disastrous move for us. We finally have the best running back in the league and you want to trade him?

This would put all of the pressure on Conner and another running back if we draft one. They would have a big hole to fill and will there ever be a running back like Bell again?

We could either do 2 things:

1. Tank like the Colts did when Manning got hurt and get the #1 overall pick or at least the top 5 pick.

2. Draft another QB once Ben retires and hope for the best no matter what draft number he's at.

Overall, sacrificing Bell just to save our QB future wouldn't be a smart move for us in the long run.

 

Does having the best RB in the league help you win the Super Bowl? Not so far. He's more concerned about being the highest paid RB and WR. That's not happening with the Steelers. Probably not with any team.

 

without a top 5 pick, we could end up the next 3 decades with QBs like Mark Malone, Cliff Stout, Kordell Stewart, Neil ODonnell, or Mike Tomzack. We've got to have a top 5 pick to get a franchise QB.

 

Maybe, although Roethlisberger wasn't top 5, and as I recall, Eli Manning and Philip Rivers were quite a bit more expensive initially in that draft class. The expense associated with a #1 overall, especially if that player doesn't work out, makes it harder to keep skilled people at other positions. Still, if the perfect candidate becomes available, the wizards of finance would have to make it work, cause there ain't gonna be no tanking for draft picks.

 

Forgive me for sounding a bit naive, but when we needed this guy the last three playoffs, he has been injured, right? He can pile up all the regular season stats he wants, but if he can't be counted on when they need him most, what does it say for his overall value to anyone else? What's the overall shelf life on today's top NFL backs? Five, six years? Point being, I think the peak of getting max value out of this guy has passed. He's a tremendous talent, and I enjoy watching him but, I agree with the folks that say run the hell out of him if he signs then worry about next year next year.

 

Saw a story that said Bell gave a sarcastic congrats to Kevin Colbert on his extension. Man the guy is something else.

 

Or

3. Go after Kurt Cousins?

 

Not gonna say NO wasn't good but let's not forget a very good defense that blitzed the heck out of people and one of the best olines in the game. Didn't Stewart take the same team to the AFCCG? IMO NO was a very good game manager on a very good team, other than the SB he didn't do much to lose games he also did just enough to win. He had a good run here, but that SB may be my worst lose as a Steeler fan so you can see where my dislike for NO comes from.......

 

He can be traded after he signs the tender. He was Tomlin's pick. He will be in Black & Gold this season helping secure #7. Then he will be gone next season, signing his 17 mill per with another team. Sure, lets see him tagged again you say as he holds out until he has to sign. No thanks. He is a very talented back, arguably the best in the league (when not injured or suspended). The Steelers will NOT pay him that much and shouldn't. Maybe with that 17 mill he gets he can hire some real rappers to school him...

 

Some 2 year old numbers to go with this thought:

• Of the 122 QBs drafted in the last 10 years only 25 have been starters for at least half of their career.

• The first round gives you a 63% chance of finding a starter.

• The second round gives you a 27% chance, the third a 17% chance, then it really plummets from there with 8% in the fourth and 6% in the 7th.

 

I like your thinking Italian Army. Get R DONE.

 

So what happened today I heard bell showed up at the facility today but left shortly after? Did he sign? Or get ran off hahahahahaha

 

I am not being sarcastic. Who are the current franchise QB's (that are good enough to win big games) that have been drafted in the top 5?

 

Eh, I'm not sure if any of that data is meaningful. 1) many QB drafted aren't with the intentions of them being starters, .i.e Jones, Dobson, 2) Most first rounders are forced into the starter role, but not necessarily effective, I.e Goff, Bortles, Manuel, Geno. 3) see bullet 1

 

Theres always two sides to this coin ...Google QB busts since 2000:

http://www.thesportster.com/football/top-15-biggest-quarterback-busts-since-2000/

On topic ,i say run him ,run him,run him,,then place a fragile sticker on him and send him on his way ..

 

Trade bell next year for #1 pick (keep our #1) if...

#1 pick contains franchise qb
Conner looks strong
Bell still wants too much
Sb win and Ben retires

 

Of course they did with a non exclusive tag which allows a player to negotiate with another team under that tag, of course if a team signs him they have to give up 2 first round picks or negotiate what picks they have to give up..I said earlier the steelers should tag Bell non exclusive in 2018 and wait it out to see who wants to give up picks to sign him....

A non-exclusive franchise player may negotiate with other NFL teams, but if the player signs an offer sheet from another team, the original team has a right to match the terms of that offer, or if it does not match the offer and thus loses the player, is entitled to receive two first-round draft picks as compensation.

 

This is exactly what I would do as well. Yeah we risk losing him but that return would be amazing.

 

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