bell hurt

No point. He's not going to be back there picking up blitzes, and if for some reason he is, he'll cut block, which they don't do in backs on 'backers. And I support leaving him out of it. No reason to get yourself killed by being macho.

I want to see Blount vs. Timmons. Also Blount vs. Jones. Also Blount vs. Worilds. Also Blount vs. Shazier.

 

Maybe we should have had Rainey do it. It might have knocked some sense into him.

 

.. well he missed today again with "tightness" and said it was bothing him for a few days before he went out sunday ... so no pactice tomorrow.. lets see if he comes back wednesday or its still tight.. if he misses practice wednesday and then still not back thursday ...that seems like a good damn to bring back the tinkerbell thursday talk? so how about thursday ??

HINES

 

they need to start stretching now for tomorrows practice. I can't wait to see that big swinging heavy bag against dri. he'll probably juke it and run around it before the coach sees what happened.

coach: did you juke the bag dri?

dri: nope.:innocent:

 

Bad news, buddy. We're not talking about Tauren Poole. Le'Veon Bell is not an unknown quantity anymore like he was last year. He's a success, despite your disbelief. Know what that means? It means if he feels tightness in his hamstring, he'd be a damn fool to run out there and practice on it, and risk an actual injury. If Ben had stiffness in his shoulder, would you call him a pussy for not practicing? We keep our stars healthy, first and foremost. This isn't a game, it's a practice in July for god's sake. You need to drop this gimmick. The sooner you do, the sooner you can begin to build a reputation for something other than a laughing stock that wants this team to lose.

 

thanks buddy for pointing that out and to compare what ben has done for this team to bell is... well something probably only you would do .. not worth responding to that comparison. talk about a laughing stock .. comparing ben and bells history with the steelers is truly laughable .. if you get them too confused ben is the larger one that is wearing 2 SB rings.. lol

HINES

 

Kudos to you for missing the point. Not comparing Ben and Bell, he is comparing rookie unknown with entrenched starter. He is saying that if your starting Qb and an important cog of your offense has a sore shoulder the first week of camp you don't ask him to over do it, same as when you have your three down starting RB with a tight hamstring the first week of camp you odn't ask him to play like it is the fourth quarter of the AFC championship game and you are down by three. Perhaps a better comparison that fits is if you are Landry Jones and you are fighting for the back-up role you don't have the luxury of sitting out a day or two , if you are Bell and you are penciled in as the starter opening day you don't have to prove who you are in the first few practices of camp.

 

exactly... well said.. only the names were changed to protect the innocent ..

HINES

 

So what it's July why risk it. I guess you would rather still have Mendenhall be the Steelers RB.

 

He's also missing the definition of compare. Here, I'll also compare myself to Ben: Ben is much, much better at football than me. Now was that so ridiculous? You know who says, "omg, you put Ben and Bell in the same sentence and so anything else you say is wrong..."? Wrong people. That's who says that. Why don't you try reading my post again?

I'll try to make it easier. Bell is our starting running back and he means a lot to this team. I know Ben means more, but that doesn't mean Bell is worthless. There can be different amounts of value. Let's pretend I have 4 dollars and you have 2 dollars. I have more dollars, but does that mean you have no dollars? No, in fact 2 dollars is good, so you should be happy. So don't flush your 2 dollars down the toilet because somebody called you Tinker Bell. By the way, Tinker Bell isn't a bad nickname. Imagine if he could instantly heal himself because other guys on the team started clapping. That would be pretty badass, and it would make him the most durable back in the league. So throw that on the pile of reasons you need to shut up.

 

another tuff guy on the internet.. lol

HINES

 

Bell said he was being cautious, he doesn't want to be like last season when he got injured in the preseason and had to miss the first three games.

 

TOTALLY AGREE.. thats the smart thing to do .. all i said is i hope it doesnt linger all year or for years (ie woodley) ... but of course some of the members took it that i was being negative.. but i just consider the source there.. of course holding him out is the thing to do ... godd thing is we get a beter lok at the other RBs with bell out . we know hes our starter.. lets look at the other guys .. but nice to have him in there with the "NEW OL" and munch ...

HINES

 

Hines you slay me, you absolutely with out a doubt slay me.

Hines " I will nickname a guy tinkerbell because I think he is soft and injury prone, imply that he isn't that good and basically harp on the guy, but that doesn't mean I'm being negative. I'm so misunderstood in my time and picked on because I speak the truth. Woe is me I don't drink the kool-aid and am punished for it."

You make me smile sir well done.

 

Is he prqcticing today?

 

Well that's a start at least

 

i can answer that one in one word... NO .... i guess the hammie is still as some of the members here like to call it .. tight...

HINES

 

No way he sucks more than bell does

 

got nothing against him.. hope hes a HOFer.. jsut seems like his out a lot.... and to start the post all i said is i hope it doesnt linger into the season.. a hammie is a strange thing.. funny i played sports all my life and i hurt my hammie one.. guess how. bowling.. yep .. played BB BSKB FB.. never so much as a sprained ankle then hurt my hammie bowling hahah.. it was just a tweek but toook a long time to get back to 100% .. tahts all i said initially is he hurt his hammie and hope it doesnt linger for the rest of the year or for 4 years like 56....

HINES

 

Somehow, when YOU say "hope it doesn't linger forever", it sounds different then when someone else says it. I guess that's our fault. By the way, he has missed a total of three games, with a total of one injury.

 

Yep. Hurt a lot !