(09-04-2018, 09:59 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: I count only 1 chin

(09-03-2018, 03:43 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: They've been stringing that guy along for awhile now, while giving big contracts to other players. So it makes sense that he's miffed.

Should be good news for the Bengals, assuming he continues the hold out. I doubt he will though.

(09-03-2018, 05:36 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Thanks for weighing in.  Now, may I ask you another question?  Do you think that Bell eventually caves, and comes to play this year?  Or, do you think that he will sit out, and risk tarnishing his image so much that other teams become reluctant to even have him around?

(09-05-2018, 02:24 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Like I said in the other thread, Ross Tucker said he wouldn't be surprised if Bell shows up at the last minute to get his game check, and then fakes a hammy and sits out 5 or 6 games while he "mends".....

(09-05-2018, 02:32 PM)Nately120 Wrote: I find it hard to believe the gazillionaire owners in the NFL have neither plan nor legal recourse for a player just saying "Ooooh, I'm hurt...give me my paycheck while I sit here and do nothing."

(09-05-2018, 02:43 PM)Sled21 Wrote: You cannot film a soft tissue injurie, nor can they disprove a tweaked hamstring. I'm sure he knows the symptoms well enough to fake one...

(09-05-2018, 01:59 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Feh, the Steelers are still the best team in this division without Bell and they might even unload his arse on some desperate GM for a high pick.  I realize I've been burned by rooting against the Steelers in vain for so long, but until this actually hurts them I'm not celebrating.

EDIT:  wait, he's not under contract so they can't trade him.  Ok, well that at least assuages my fear of them improving because of this.

(09-05-2018, 02:24 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Like I said in the other thread, Ross Tucker said he wouldn't be surprised if Bell shows up at the last minute to get his game check, and then fakes a hammy and sits out 5 or 6 games while he "mends".....

(09-05-2018, 06:55 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Can they pull the plug on him when he's ready to come back and decide, no, offers not on the table any longer? They can't get anything out of him and letting him play the final 6 games is just giving into this overpaid douche.

(09-05-2018, 05:52 PM)pally Wrote: Sounds like he finally lost his teammates.  Don't piss off your offensive line.....

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/09/05/ramon-foster-leveon-bell-doesnt-give-a-damn/

Ramon Foster: Le’Veon Bell “doesn’t give a damn”
Posted by Darin Gantt on September 5, 2018, 4:17 PM EDT

Players typically have the backs of other players in matters of contracts.

But things seem to have taken a turn in Pittsburgh.

According to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Steelers veteran Ramon Foster had some choice words regarding the absence of running back Le'Veon Bell.

“What do you do?” Foster said. “Here’s a guy who doesn’t give a damn, I guess so we’ll treat it as such. I just hate it came to this. . . .

“He’s making seven times what I make twice as much as [left tackle] Al [Villanueva] is making and we’re the guys who do it for him.”

Bell has yet to sign his franchise tender, and his agent indicated today that they’re worried compromising his long-term value with a short-term workload.

But the other players are concerned about the game they have to play now.

“The business part, I get it,” center Maurkice Pouncey said. “All of us at some point have been hurt in that situation. Now that it’s game day, we have a game this Sunday, now we’re all the way into the game-plan as of Wednesday’s practice and you’re still not here? It’s bigger than just business.”

The Steelers have to love that the guys in the locker room are exerting pressure on Bell, who hasn’t given any indication when he plans to arrive.

(09-05-2018, 06:55 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Can they pull the plug on him when he's ready to come back and decide, no, offers not on the table any longer? They can't get anything out of him and letting him play the final 6 games is just giving into this overpaid douche.

(09-05-2018, 09:29 PM)Whatever Wrote: I don't think he really cares if his teammates are mad.  They aren't going to be his teammates next year and it's not like they're taking pay cuts to keep him.  Make no mistake, they're mad because Ben's window is closing and they aren't a SB contender without Bell.

(09-04-2018, 10:02 PM)StoneTheCrow Wrote: Just curious but did they remove the others during the facial reconstruction after he bounced his head off that poor motorist’s windshield?

(09-05-2018, 09:45 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: No, they are mad because they are there busting their asses and playing through injury in order to win a championship, and this clown is going to show up at the time that optimizes his paycheck while minimizing his chance at injury as not to impact any future paychecks.

It's been stated that this is different than a player holding out. Its then that teammates are very supportive of a guy trying to get the most money that he can. As per the rules, the Steelers cannot offer him anymore money right now if they wanted, and he cannot go anywhere else. Therefore at this point, him refusing to show up is not about getting more money, but him protecting himself.....all the while they're out there giving it everything. 

It's not sitting well with he teammates, especially his o line. 

(09-05-2018, 12:21 AM)Essex Johnson Wrote: 5 yrs 70 million is not peanuts