Tatum Bell back to the Broncos? (1 Viewer)

[Max Power]

LIONS COULD TRADE TATUM BELL

by Michael David Smith

The Lions and Broncos have already worked out one trade this year involving running back Tatum Bell, who was sent to Detroit in the off-season, along with offensive lineman George Foster, in exchange for cornerback Dre' Bly.

But could the Lions now trade Bell back to the Broncos?

David Birkett of the Oakland Press reports that Lions coach Rod Marinelli is using this week's bye to evaluate the running back rotation, and that with Kevin Jones and T.J. Duckett both getting healthier, Bell might be the odd man out. The Broncos, of course, would lose their starting running back if Travis Henry loses in his current bid to avoid a one-year NFL suspension, and they might be interested in acquiring a back who already knows the offense.

"I like it here," Bell told Birkett. "I like it where we're going. I think we're building, we got something special. I want to be a part of this, but if it don't work out I just got to move on."

Bell has started all five games this season, but he is clearly being phased out of the offense. On Sunday he never got the ball in the second half.

"We got to be the only team in the league where the starting running back don't even play the whole second half," Bell said. "I don't know if they're trying to tell me something or what."

If the Lions do try to trade Bell, they could also get interest from the Buccaneers, who have lost Cadillac Williams for the season and Michael Pittman for six to eight weeks.

The NFL trade deadline is 4 p.m. October 16.

 

[benm3218]

This will never happen. Your post title was kind of misleading. This is just a Detroit paper trying to drum up some speculation.

 

[cstu]

"We got to be the only team in the league where the starting running back don't even play the whole second half," Bell said. "I don't know if they're trying to tell me something or what."

 

[The_U]

"We got to be the only team in the league where the starting running back don't even play the whole second half," Bell said. "I don't know if they're trying to tell me something or what."

Gotta hand it to Tatum, he's sharp as a knife...

 

[The Moz]

IT really was all just elaborate ploy to Motivate...................................................

 

[ronron2]

First post: It's a ploy to motivate... o forget it.

ETA: Damn beaten to the punch.

 

[The Moz]

First post: It's a ploy to motivate... o forget it.

ldnews: by a mili second

 

[Texican]

Prepare for the ploys.........

 

[Pocket Joker]

This will never happen. Your post title was kind of misleading. This is just a Detroit paper trying to drum up some speculation.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

This is just a ploy to motivate newspaper sales.

 

[MSULions]

there is a lot of whispering going on here in Michigan that he's as good as gone because Duckett is now healthy. But it doesn't really make sense to me w/ calhoun on IR.

 

[Max Power]

there is a lot of whispering going on here in Michigan that he's as good as gone because Duckett is now healthy. But it doesn't really make sense to me w/ calhoun on IR.

They still have Cason who isnt too much of a downgrade from Bell when you consider Bell cant catch anything.

 

[Garts]

Tatum Bell is the modern day Trung Canidate

 

[mcjc4]

I bet Tampa would like ot know about this speculaion

 

[heinfatha]

Trung Canidate reference, EXCELLENT!

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

"We got to be the only team in the league where the starting running back don't even play the whole second half," Bell said. "I don't know if they're trying to tell me something or what."

Gotta hand it to Tatum, he's sharp as a knife...

For some reason, that post made me laugh out loud.

 

[az_prof]

This will never happen. Your post title was kind of misleading. This is just a Detroit paper trying to drum up some speculation.

If this will never happen and it is just a newspaper drumming up speculation, then why is Bell quoted as responding to it. It sounds like he is aware of the rumor too. Also, the fact that his name has come up twice now, once in TB and again with Denver, tells me that he is being shopped by Detroit. His rhetorical question about a starting RB not playing in the second half is telling: The lions think he sucks. Whether they trade him or bench him, he doesn't have a role with the team once KJ and Duckett are fully healthy. Those two complement each other well, with Duckett being a short yardage back, but Bell doesn't catch enough to be the third down back for Detroit and he isn't a featured back and doesn't run as well between the tackles as KJ, so how does he fit?

 

[DocGonzo]

Trung Canidate reference, EXCELLENT!

Yes, great reference. Also, Bell goes down easier than a Deja Vu Polelympics contestant. Still, this does seem like mostly speculation at this point. You can never have enough RB depth in the NFL.I liked your old sig better, Heinfatha.

 

[Foosball God]

This will never happen. Your post title was kind of misleading. This is just a Detroit paper trying to drum up some speculation.

If this will never happen and it is just a newspaper drumming up speculation, then why is Bell quoted as responding to it. It sounds like he is aware of the rumor too. Also, the fact that his name has come up twice now, once in TB and again with Denver, tells me that he is being shopped by Detroit. His rhetorical question about a starting RB not playing in the second half is telling: The lions think he sucks. Whether they trade him or bench him, he doesn't have a role with the team once KJ and Duckett are fully healthy. Those two complement each other well, with Duckett being a short yardage back, but Bell doesn't catch enough to be the third down back for Detroit and he isn't a featured back and doesn't run as well between the tackles as KJ, so how does he fit?

Because the newspaper reporter asked him what he would think about getting traded?

 

[Al Czervik]

Will he please take George Foster back with him?

 

[SSOG]

This reminds me of the time Denver traded Willie Middlebrooks for John Engleberger, and then San Francisco wound up cutting Middlebrooks and Denver re-signed him again. No team in the league gets more for its trash than the Broncos.

 

[TommyGilmore]

This will never happen. Your post title was kind of misleading. This is just a Detroit paper trying to drum up some speculation.