Should Tomlin bench Bell and Blount?

Yeah, I don't know how, as a coach, you look the other way just so you don't lose one game. I didn't actually see a ton in the Eagles game that suggested that they were going to carry our team anyway - Blount was decent but Bell...not so much. Maybe they can come up with something else besides a suspension but I don't know what it would be.

 

There in lies the problem BFT the vocal leaders on the team don't have a leg to stand on for a keep your nose clean perspective. Those that do aren't vocal and don't lead that way. Can you imagine the eye rolling they would be doing if Ben got in their faces? So that had to create tension right there.

 

The reason the whole team needs to suffer is so that it changes their behavior. Fining a self-absorbed, entitled millionaire $10, 000 dollars (or whatever amount) is not going to affect any change. But once they realize they let down their team and their fans, maybe it will be a wake-up call. I don't want to see the team suffer either, but holy cow, this kind of stupidity needs to be stopped.

 

can you make them do some kind of off the field charity work? make them work or donate a ton of time or cash to a Pittsburgh boys and girls club or a charity. make them speak at high schools or something like that if it possible

 

Yeah I feel like that we lack player leadership but of course we can't say that for absolute fact. It certainly does appear that way to me though. I wonder if guys like Manning and Brady and Bress and Rogers say things like "hey I would LOVE to call your number but since you insist on being an idiot I'm gonna make somebody else look like a stud" or something like that? Those guys just come across as more "alpha male" to me than the guys we have.

 

I voted yes to suspend both for more than one game. they know the rules and broke them. we can't do it to #53 on the roster if we don't do it to #1, for now and down the road. the rooney's need to make it a point. santonio was released and we never expected that but we moved on. I think a suspension is fitting. no player is bigger than the team no matter how much it hurts.

 

So, you want to suspend them for being stupid and getting themselves suspended? Lol... or we can give them two games and treat them like a wife-beater (fiancée-beater)?

First offense for each of these guys Mac. Give them a chance to prove that this is an anomaly. If they screw up again, I'd expect them to be suspended. I'd be shocked and pretty upset if we decided to add any additional suspension to either Bell or Blount. NFL already has the suspension part of this under control. There are other ways to handle this.

 

I am to pissed off about Bell to even vote,
I could care less about Blount. Bell better get his HEAD on straight, tooooooooooooo much talent
to waste here. Cmon son start hanging with the right crowd.You might just turn into another Santonio Holmes,Irrelevant. All that talent gone awash.

 

As punishment, make them spilt time behind the 2nd and 3rd team offensive lines as QB. They'd probably rather be suspended.

 

Great idea PJG, the old ole block might get there head on straight.I ended up voting for the 1 game suspension for both.

 

Another excellent idea, make them put LOTS
of time in the community,who knows who it may help out more?

 

The Steelers should fine them the maximum amount, Tomlin is punishing them making them play in the 4th preseason game.

 

When you run a public business, especially in the entertainment industry, you have social responsibilities. What you say, do, respond to adversities or deal with rule/law breakers sends strong messages that has serious and longlasting repercussions throughout society. To put off actions for " the league" to do is skirting your responsibilities and to do so for the sake of a possible game loss speaks volumes of ones moral fiber. The team WILL do something, and that quite possibly can and should include a game suspension. They may not be able to for drug/alcohol infractions but they can under the rules that pertain to " actions detrimental to the team".

As Barney Fife use to say.. " Nip it in the Bud!! " or the problem will raise its ugly head again in the future and at a greater cost.


Cajun-

 

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