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What is it that Bell could do to redeem himself? He ran hard, gained positive yards, pass protected when he was on the field. Theo Riddick is an ample sub for Bush and the coaches called his number as much if not more than Joique. Bell did everything he was asked to do.
For starters, he needs to average more than 3.2 YPC. Against the Falcons it was 2.8. He looks like an old Shonn Greene out there. The expectation was that he would also be more involved in the passing game, but that has not been the case. In PPR leagues, he is no longer startable. In standard scoring, he is completely TD dependent to be relevant in fantasy. So he's in the same group now as SJ, McFadden, or J.Stewart. Guys you hope you never have to start.
Droppable? Going into the week in my PPR league, he was a top 24 RB. I don't know anyone who would just willingly drop a RB2.
FWIW -- unfortunately I have to drop a RB this next week due to our rules only allowing us to roster 4 RBs. I have Bernard, Miller, Jennings, Ingram and Bell. I think out of those 5, Bell (especially with him being on bye) is the one I'm going to have to drop this week.
I can understand that, but that's more due to your team's situation than anything. I'd also imagine that someone will scoop him up rather quickly.
Yeah, it looks like a three way RBBC. I'm just not sure what Bell's value will be going forward.
Do we know that for sure? Wasn't it a beat writer who made those comments? I haven't heard anything from within the Lions organization to support it.
I agree with you here. There are still pro's for owning Bell as he is at least healthy, and that is a plus among RB's at this point. That said, he's only #31 among RB's in my league's scoring system, and the timeshare between Riddick and Bush is something that makes me nervous. Then there's the concussion issue which never really goes away. And then the fact that he just hasn't been as dynamic as last season for one reason or another.
Another Con for Bell (or Pro for Riddick): Just a stupid observer's point of view here. FWIW, when Bush has been out/limited over the past few weeks, it looks to me like Theo Riddick has been given every chance to shine, at the expense of Joique Bell.
Keeps getting ranked high. Some people just can't let go.
he is good
I thought I saw on Twitter he was being checked out by the training staff at that time.
I wasted him on the bench for Ingram and Forte. I gave strong thought to putting him in with the news that Bush was out but unfortunately didn't think he'd have this fine a game.
When I heard Bush was out, I really wanted to play Bell over Denard, but I bought too much into the fantasy points against stats. I should have gone with my gut.
Don't fall into that short term results oriented thinking. With those two RBs, benching Bell was the right call. Even with Bush out, Riddick had been getting many of those carries.
