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Originally Posted by businessdude
I mean Bell has a point. He is #1 all-time in total yards per game due to his receiving ability (surprised this stat doesn't get mentioned more). He deserves to be looked at differently.
he does, it's just that every year older her gets, the probability of him falling off a cliff increases and so the likelihood of the Stillers giving him a longer term deal with more guaranteed reduces.
like, last year they may/could have given him 4 years $52m with $34 guaranteed or something figuring that they would definitely get the 17 and 18 season out of him at his peak and would probably have got some good value out of him in 19. maybe they offered him that and he turned it down or maybe they were still worried about the drug suspensions etc etc
this year, with him coming off a $12m salary and knowing that the floor for next season is $14.5m he probably won't sign for that money and he's a year older and he's 400 touches/carries closer to the end of his career. Do they really want to pay him 50% above the second highest paid in the RB market for his 6th,7th and 8th seasons at this position?
particularly when Rape seems to be year to year. no point paying an RB $13m per to play with Landry Jones