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I would still suspect cuts will happen in order to make more room to sign FA's on def but for the moment it looks like Bell is going to report Week 1, new he was bluffing about retirement, he's such a tool.

That's just re-mortgaging your house for another 5 years so you can go out to eat... Tomorrow never seems to catch up to today.

In a vacuum they would be better with Bell back there, but in reality if they were to spend that much on a Bell, they would then have to take hits elsewhere on the field. If you add $12/mill to your RB spend, you have to make up for that elsewhere, perhaps taking a hit to the O-line or D-Line in the process that may cause a greater hit to the overall team than the improvement from your run of the mill $3-4/mill/year guy to Bell.

My Issue with Bell is that while I agree he should be paid as the best ( even though in reality he isn't statistically, 2nd to Gurley in scrimmage yards and barely ahead of Hunt) His ask is ludicrous. They upped their offer from last years offer and he said no, he wants minimum annual average of this years tag value. My sense is people go a little over the top over his numbers in the fantasy world, but in reality, he averaged 4 YPC and 4.5 yards per touch, with one of the best Olines in the game, a HOF QB and the best WR in the game. He had 2 runs over 20 yards, he's slow, but an elite pass blocker and receiver. I believe a guy like Dion Lewis would fill the role beautifully, signing bell totally handicaps them for improving what they need to win the super bowl and that's def, whens the last time a RB carried a team to the SB. They only have 6 mil in cap space and need to make up 8 mil to pay for the tag ( Entire Tag counts towards the cap, long term deal can be spread out over the life of the deal)... you can't devote that much cap room to a RB when you have other needs, especially with Ben done in 2-3 years, its win now and you don't need a 15 mil RB to win in the NFL. An old Deangello Williams had some of his best games of his career with this Offense, I say sign a Dion Lewis or Carlos Hyde for 5-6 mil, shore up the def and Draft some depth at RB and let him go.

Frankly I think RB’s get the shaft, and good for Bell trying to redefine the market. fact: certain teams have shown that you can have an adequate running game with RBBC and backs that are of average NFL talent. fact: certain RBs have shown that having eleite talent at the position can be a real difference maker. RBs take the most abuse of all the players that handle the ball, by a pretty large margin. When someone playing the position is an elite skill player, regardless of position, then they should be able to get paid a salary that says ‘star’!