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(10-04-2018, 06:53 PM)StrictlyBiz Wrote: 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.  

The more of a beating Bell takes this year, the less he is worth next year on the open market. It isn't just the risk of a single catastrophic injury.  It's also the general wear and tear on his body.  His concern is that the Steelers are going to run him into the ground, and that's a founded fear after they gave him a career high number of touches when he played under the tag last year.

Another part of his thought process may be that he wants to try to make sure that he's got enough left when he's done with his next deal to latch onto a contender and try to shoot for a ring.

I get that you think that the proverbial bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but pro athletes have to roll the dice at times to maximise their earnings before their bodies crap out. You can't just take the first thing that comes along every time.  Sometimes it pays off, other times it doesn't, but they all have to make that decision for themselves.