Le’Veon Bell Thoughts ?

[YDFL Commish]

I like to compare this to when BP traded Marshall Faulk to the Rams.

I don't believe that Bell has Faulk type talent. Faulk was the type of RB that could transform a franchise. Bell is not that.

[GoBigBlue88]

Bell absolutely has Faulk level talent.

IMO, for the Colts, it just comes down to: what's the 2018 free agency plan? If they think the class is weak and they don't want to run into a bunch of Gosder Cherilus situations, maybe it's worth front-loading a Bell contract with a significant signing bonus on money that otherwise would just be sitting there. If they think the class has some answers (particularly at OT, WR, and long term plans for TE/RB/CB/LB/etc.), then no way in hell they should pull the trigger.

[FatDT]

FA OTs in 2019 are garbage so toss that out.

[Pez]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

I like to compare this to when BP traded Marshall Faulk to the Rams.

I don't believe that Bell has Faulk type talent. Faulk was the type of RB that could transform a franchise. Bell is not that.

I respectfully disagree.... he broke 2000 yards in 2014, and nearly in 2016 and 2017. Those are roughly the same as Faulk's numbers from 1998 to 2001.

[FatDT]

Faulk was never one drug infraction away from a long suspension though.

[Pez]

Originally Posted by FatDT

Faulk was never one drug infraction away from a long suspension though.

heh... maybe that's why Bell is holding out, ala Ricky Williams in 2004.