Steelers/NFL
Le’Veon Bell took control from the Steelers in 2018 by sitting out the season. Will the Steelers look to do the same to Bell this off-season? There’s been back and fourth discussions in the Steelers organization of tagging Bell once again but not with the mindset of him returning to the Steelers in 2019 on a long-term deal. Many will argue the Steelers need to just totally move on and not have any tag amount holding up their cap situation, but the Steelers might be eyeing another tag on Bell to setup a trade.
CBS Jason LaCanfora reports “the Steelers were advised NFL management Council that they can utilize another tag on the running back in 2019, sources said, and the transition tag remains a quite likely scenario. That would be the precursor to an eventual trade with the Jets and Eagles potential landing spots.”
If using that tag gets the Steelers SOMETHING out of this mess I say do it.
Well, they’re going to get an end of the 3rd round pick for him if you do nothing. I assume someone is willing to throw their 3rd or higher at him? Also, how can you trade him if he doesn’t sign the transition tag?
the transition tag allows teams to negotiate with Bell directly. If he agrees to the deal, the steelers can match,or let him walk. so essentially, the steelers would sign him to that contract the other time signed him to then move him to the team that signed him, or let other teams get involved after a team has agreed to terms and see if anyone else would agree to take him at that contract. if there were 2-3 teams interested would make sense, i just dont see a large market for his services at that price. Look at Gurley, he… Read more »