Le’Veon Bell Thoughts ?

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Originally Posted by Oldcolt

If you can get him for two number two's I'd say do it. Great players, I don't care what position they play, are hard to come by and extremely valuable. They make plays that turn games around. The argument that he will not make us a Super Bowl team is not, in my opinion, very strong. First off maybe he will, nobody knows for sure. Secondly that is an incredibly high standard to meet in order to bring someone in. There can be little doubt that he would improve our team and with our cap situation we should be able to pay him without sacrificing our financial future or flexibility. Unless he isn't the cultural fit Ballard wants, then l'd like to see us get him

The argument has as much to do with the position as it does the player himself. Probably moreso.

If there were a 26 year old All Pro left tackle available for trade, sure, I'd be interested. Because of what a tackle brings to an offense. Every play he adds the value of keeping Luck clean and making it a little easier for the other OL to do their job of also keeping Luck clean.

Meanwhile a RB, even a great RB like Bell, is capped in terms of how much he can help a team. And with such a short shelf life, and with how many touches he's gotten during his time in Pittsburgh, it doesn't make sense to bring in that type of weapon at this stage of the team build.

We have a QB working his way back from injury, an offense still in the early stages of installation, a young and unproven roster coached and GM'd by a bunch of new guys.

If we're not going to spend what it takes to get a young All Pro guard in the offseason (no draft picks involved there) then I don't see the justification for trading for and then also paying Bell.