Bell's contract negotiations...

[Essex Johnson]

(08-04-2017, 01:12 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: VERY unlike them........  and I think, after playing this season under the tag, he'll leave the Steelers because Ben will retire and he'll chase the money.  I think they free up 10 million next season if Ben retires and they could use it to sign Bell to a bigger deal, even though, as you said, it's out of character for them.  

Maybe he'll see the writing on the wall and stay with the Steelers, which I kind of hope he does and eats up that cap space when he's guaranteed to be injured again.

I also think they want to see a full season out of Bell before the long term deal...