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More like a cluster#### in a crappy situation. I'm personally not going to own any stillers backs this year. Once bell is back (assuming he does indeed miss time) could be a timeshare, Tomlin could stick with Dwyer and gradually work bell in... Could put bell back in full bore.
Yes, but some of us do not have "MSU" in our name to show our bias for a former MSU player..
How bout in those 4 carries coaches look at a lot, but let's avoid that.
To be fair, part of your argument is a fairly serious injury Bell did not have when BAlmighty made that post. Not to mention pass blocking and run blocking are 2 totally different things. Pass blocking looks awful, run blocking has looked average if not good so far.
I'm not a fan of either, but judging a guy off of four carries is comically shortsighted.
I doubt it, the kid has talent. In the long run after he adjusts to the NFL and tailors his body more towards the NFL he could very well be first round material in redrafts.
This is a distinct possibility, but if he doesn't, there will be value here. Both of those guys are on 1 year deals and from what I read they both put in the time this offseason to become better (primarily referencing Dwyer working on his conditioning which was questionable at best since he entered the league). If one of them gets 65%+ of the carries, I want him.
Lisfranc is a break or dislocation of the bones in your mid-foot. A sprain, which is ligament related. I don't think Mid-foot sprain automatically means Lisfranc. That said, this assumes the diagnosis is correct as a sprain. My (uneducated) understanding is that Lisfranc is sometimes misdiagnosed as a sprain at first.
It is true I went to MSU and I have always liked Bell, but I would never say I know what a player would be after 4 carries, passes or receptions. That is just foolish.
A minor hit, because he is perceived as being a guy with small nagging injury problem. In redraft his value took a major hit because he will miss time
Agree with the post. Will add one thought to keep in the back of our minds as the season plays out:
He looked substantially quicker than he did last year, IMO. Admittedly, I missed large chunks of this game. But he made a few nice cuts at the second level that impressed me to juke his way around a defender.
I've haven't found an answer to this yet. Can you cut your kicker and/or defense and grab them both until we get some clarity? We should know a lot more after the game this weekend.
yes, we know. thanks for that.
Actually it looks like I lied...
Why would they bring in a guy with a history of nagging injuries to replace a guy with nagging injuries?
This is what puzzled me yesterday. Why give the ball 4 times to the guy who is supposed to be your workhorse/feature back for the next 5 years in the first 5 or 6 plays during a preseason game, when he was already nursing a bad knee? I get doing it in the regular season or if he was healthy it would just be bad luck, it is almost like the Steelers were playing russian roulette with a gun that only had one blank in it. I thought Dwyer looked alright yesterday after coming in for Bell, why is Redman the lead backup?
4 carries isn't exactly a full load.
Guy never came off the filed, and never had any nagging any injuries like this.
I agree with the testing him for bumps and bruises part. We will have to agree to disagree though on the rest. 4 carries in the first 6 plays on an injured knee and being your first carries in the NFL is reckless by the coaching staff. I think they should have eases him I. With a couple on the first series and a couple more on the second, if he came out no worse then give him 4 or 5 carries on the 3rd series. If he still got injured then alright, better to find out early and get the problem resolved
Good news there. I kind of thought he looked fine on the sideline last night. He was walking around without a shoe on the sideline. My hope was that he basically just felt a twinge so they pulled him as a precaution. Don't get me wrong, I hate that the guy has barely seen any action yet, but I think it's too early to put him in the Ryan Williams category of players who can't stay healthy in the NFL.
That one always hurts performance.
I like Bell, own him, and went to MSU, so I am sure this is going to hold no weight, but I would keep him out until week 3 or 4, or when he is 100 percent.
