(09-07-2018, 08:15 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote:

(09-06-2018, 05:33 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: So the guy turns down essentially the Gurley deal, and now is losing game checks. I get it, but I don't.

He was offered to be paid $6mil more than the next RB, and turned it down. I understand he wants the guaranteed money, but thats not how Pittsburgh operates. AB didn't even get that. I dont know where his leverage to earn more than he was offered is. 

Plus, he's going to have another year of heavy usage (when he shows up) and getting there that late is a huge injury risk.

To the Jags benefit, if he holds out until week 10, his first game would be against us, maybe the week before. He won't be in game shape in that scenario.

Bell's offer was drastically different than Gurley's deal

Bell was only offered $10m guaranteed versus Gurley's $45m  

Pitt could run Bell into the ground this year and cut him next year and Bell's left high and dry.  Had Pitt offered Bell $45m guaranteed, he'd at least know Pitt was committed to him for 3 years (at $15m guaranteed per year) like the Rams are committed to Gurley.

The Steelers used Bell on 406 plays last year whereas the Rams utilized Gurley on 343 plays.   The Steelers don't give a crap about Bell's health and he knows it.

So basically what you're saying is both sides are trying to use the other? Pitt could run him into the ground and then cut him next year and he's left high and dry OR he could save himself for the year and leave the team high and dry? 

I've never been a fan of NFL players being able to sign a contract and then when they are no longer the highest paid or whatever they just sit out with a year or two still remaining and then they sit waiting for more. On the other hand I am not a fan of teams just cutting a player in the middle of their contracts. The difference in my mind is that (and I will admit I don't know much about contracts) it seems teams have to guarantee a certain amount to the player, but what does the player guarantee to the team? You could play like dog poop and still get the guaranteed money. If the team cuts the player they still are on the hook for some of the cap space, so wheres the advantage to the team if said player sucks?

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