10-04-2018, 06:53 PM
(10-03-2018, 10:47 PM)Whatever Wrote: Thomas and Bell are in different situations. Thomas is under contract. As a matter of fact, he is under a contract that he negotiated in good faith and was happy with a few years back. Safeties also generally enjoy longer careers and injuries don't depreciate their value as much as a RB. Thomas is headed into his third major payday after being a 1st round pick and having already signed one extension. He's made over $48 million in his career, over 3x what Bell has. He is still going to get a huge payday on his third contract. Bell will likely be on one year "prove it" deals after his next contract is done.
Everything that you wrote here is 100% accurate and true. However it has nothing to do with my post, nor does it refute it. In fact it only enhances my point that Bell is an idiot for not taking all of the right now-guaranteed money of the franchise tag.
If injuries are worse for a RB than a CB regarding their impact on future values, then that is all the more reason to take the $14.5M of the franchise tag since Bell can't completely mitigate the chance for injury by sitting out. He can only reduce it by roughly 60%. If Bell were to suffer the same injury as Earl Thomas when he comes back, except that his will greatly impact his future performance, he's going to wish that he had the extra $9.5M that he's walking away from.
