Bell doesn’t rejoin the Squealers

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(09-06-2018, 04:55 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: What? Botched? They offered the man 1.5 times the next highest paid RB both last offseason and this offseason. Bell is a dope. Seriously, I'll bet that if you IQ tested him, he's be south of 90 and his agent would be just above it. 

The Steelers completely botched this.  They should have offered to do a long term extension during the last year of his rookie deal when they still had leverage and before Bell had long term financial security.  It was certainly apparent after last year that they were not going to be able to reach an agreement, so they should have traded him this off-season and gotten a draft pick or two out of him.  Instead, they've tried to hard ball him into one more year, he's pushed back and created a massive distraction for the team and they've got a huge chunk of money they set aside for the tag that could have been used to improve the team wasting away on a guy who won't play most of the season.