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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments."Bill has lost his fastball!"The media will soon alert us: "I'm hearing Bill really wants him"
And when Bell slinks off to some other franchise they'll explain: "Bill no longer has the credibility and juice to attract big name FAs"
Held out for a season, got fat, went to the Jete, kiss of death to anyone's career.He used to be so good.
We are awash in hot take merchants. The reaction is totally valid.Ridiculous takes on the media is becoming worse than ridiculous media takes.
Not all teams get it right by not paying players and letting them walk, but the Steelers saw that Bell was a product of the O-line. The media thought his feet shuffling style was so cute, but it only works when your bodyguards up front are resetting the LOS. After he left Pitt, his style didn't work.
Remember Bill's game plan against the Steelers in the 2016 playoffs? Something like he told the front 7 to just wait for Bell as he'd just run into them.
And that is before they bombed Pearl Harbor!That holdout of his was more of a strategic disaster than the Germans waging war on the West then thinking, let's try to conquer Russia while we are at it!
Especially ones who sign a huge contract, then let their bodies go.RB's fall fast in this league. From Stars to after thoughts in a year or 2 it seems
I always hated that stupid 'He is such a unique runner because he's patient' thing.Not all teams get it right by not paying players and letting them walk, but the Steelers saw that Bell was a product of the O-line. The media thought his feet shuffling style was so cute, but it only works when your bodyguards up front are resetting the LOS. After he left Pitt, his style didn't work.
And that is before they bombed Pearl Harbor!
And rookie RBs can rise up just as fast.RB's fall fast in this league. From Stars to after thoughts in a year or 2 it seems