Update: Le'Veon Bell signs with NY Jets

Funkster · Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:16 pm

Out of the teams mentioned, the bears have to be the team he would want to play for the most, right?

Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:05 am

Looks like Bell's made a decision, but nothing out yet about where.

Otis Day · Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:12 am

Odds are he goes to the highest bidder, my thoughts.

G08 · Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:16 am

I'm guessing the Jets made him an offer he couldn't refuse...

The Marshall Plan · Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:26 am

Why rework Mack's contract for that huge amount of money then?

The team needed a QB. Pace got one.
The team needed a pass rusher. Pace got one.

Now the team needs a RB. This wouldn't be a shocker at all.

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS!

Otis Day · Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:31 am

He can rework all he wants, but if the amount is not as high as another team, you can't put it all on Pace. Looks like he is trying.

G08 · Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:31 am

The Marshall Plan wrote:Why rework Mack's contract for that huge amount of money then?

The team needed a QB. Pace got one.
The team needed a pass rusher. Pace got one.

Now the team needs a RB. This wouldn't be a shocker at all.

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS!

Pace could look to extend our own guys or he's looking at other players... no idea man.

Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:40 am

Im warming up to the idea of Bell. Which means the Bears won’t sign him.

VA_Mountain_Bear · Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:42 am

wab wrote:Im warming up to the idea of Bell. Which means the Bears won’t sign him.

Haha! The power of positive pessimism...if I want it, it won't be, if I don't wan't it, it might be.

G08 · Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:45 am

wab wrote:Im warming up to the idea of Bell. Which means the Bears won’t sign him.

Doth I smelleth another jersey in your future good sir?

Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:47 am

Matt Verderame @MattVerderame
1m
The #Jets remain the clear favorite for Le'Veon Bell, per league conversations. The #Bears remain in the bidding along with the #Ravens. Both teams have significant interest.

Bears Whiskey Nut · Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:51 am

UOK wrote:Matt Verderame @MattVerderame
1m
The #Jets remain the clear favorite for Le'Veon Bell, per league conversations. The #Bears remain in the bidding along with the #Ravens. Both teams have significant interest.

Really? I'm actually shocked that we are going after him. If he really wants to win, he'll come here. But I don't think he cares.

G08 · Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:59 am

Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:
UOK wrote:Matt Verderame @MattVerderame
1m
The #Jets remain the clear favorite for Le'Veon Bell, per league conversations. The #Bears remain in the bidding along with the #Ravens. Both teams have significant interest.
Really? I'm actually shocked that we are going after him. If he really wants to win, he'll come here. But I don't think he cares.

I'll be happy if Bell comes here but man I do NOT want to overpay for this dude.

Bears Whiskey Nut · Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:00 am

G08 wrote:
Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:
UOK wrote:Matt Verderame @MattVerderame
1m
The #Jets remain the clear favorite for Le'Veon Bell, per league conversations. The #Bears remain in the bidding along with the #Ravens. Both teams have significant interest.
Really? I'm actually shocked that we are going after him. If he really wants to win, he'll come here. But I don't think he cares.
I'll be happy if Bell comes here but man I do NOT want to overpay for this dude.

Nope. Neither do I. Not with his injury history.

Atkins&Rebel · Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:10 am

Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:
G08 wrote:
Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:
UOK wrote:Matt Verderame @MattVerderame
1m
The #Jets remain the clear favorite for Le'Veon Bell, per league conversations. The #Bears remain in the bidding along with the #Ravens. Both teams have significant interest.
Really? I'm actually shocked that we are going after him. If he really wants to win, he'll come here. But I don't think he cares.
I'll be happy if Bell comes here but man I do NOT want to overpay for this dude.
Nope. Neither do I. Not with his injury history.

I think he also has 2 strikes against him towards a long suspension if he gets popped for drugs/peds again

Boris13c · Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:21 am

according to this NBC report, the Bears are not part of the Bell sweepstakes :

Six teams reportedly are in play for Le’Veon Bell

Well, now we know why Le'Veon Bell is torn.

Bell’s universe of potential next destinations apparently has been reduced to six.

Josina Anderson of ESPN reports that there’s a “good likelihood” that Bell will be picking the Jets, Colts, Ravens, Packers, Texans, or Bills today.

That’s a lot to unpack. The Jets make a ton of sense, for football and business reasons. So do the Ravens, especially as they revamp their offense. The Packers would be fascinating with Bell running and Aaron Rodgers passing. Pairing Bell with Deshaun Watson in Houston would be potentially devastating for defenses, too.

If Buffalo makes the move, it would mean that LeSean McCoy would be elsewhere, possibly back in Philly where the band is in the process of being put back together.

Richie · Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:28 am

I find the prospect of landing Bell both seductive and troubling.

Otis Day · Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:30 am

Kind of like chasing after one of the Kardashian sisters?

Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:42 am

BEST SOURCE EVER

G08 · Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:43 am

*gulp*

Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:55 am

Obscure, random twitter guy with loose internet-quality ties to WSCR says that Bears are signing Bell.

Bell signing for 4yrs 64mil 49 guaranteed to the Bears, but yeah....horrible, horrible sources.

Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:56 am

If true, that’s a lot of fucking money.

Boris13c · Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:57 am

Richie wrote:I find the prospect of landing Bell both seductive and troubling.

Otis Day wrote:Kind of like chasing after one of the Kardashian sisters?

G08 · Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:57 am

I... isn't he one piss test away from being suspended for a year?

Boris13c · Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:01 am

G08 wrote:I... isn't he one piss test away from being suspended for a year?

if not, pretty close to it

is there still a way for teams to be able to void player contracts if the player is a douche? or was that done away with at the last CBA?

Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:28 am

Per the Twitter, Bell has signed somewhere...but the team has not been disclosed.

Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:34 am

Fun fact: Bell and Howard have the same agent. I don’t know if that means anything, but I’d wager that if Bell does sign with the Bears, the Jets acquire Howard as a consolation prize.

G08 · Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:35 am

wab wrote:Fun fact: Bell and Howard have the same agent. I don’t know if that means anything, but I’d wager that if Bell does sign with the Bears, the Jets acquire Howard as a consolation prize.

I like it but I fucking hate this suspense.

HurricaneBear · Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:36 am

If we sign Bell it is going to be very hard for me to be excited for this season. Dude is a douchebag

southdakbearfan · Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:47 am

G08 wrote:I... isn't he one piss test away from being suspended for a year?

I actually think he has went long enough now that he may be out of the protocol.