ATL: The 2018 NFL Offseason - DeMarco Murray Retires (pg 86)

[MikeIsGood]

DeMarco Murray retires.

I think each of the past 3 years I got stuck with him as my RB2.

I think I've had him as one of my RB2s past 3 or 3 years, too.

[Mags FTW]

DeMarco Murray retires.

I think each of the past 3 years I got stuck with him as my RB2.

I think I've had him as one of my RB2s past 3 or 3 years, too.

I always felt like there was a cycle of:

Week 1) Murray gets 10 carries for 27 yards. Duke Johnson/C.J. Anderson/etc. explodes for 20+ points.

Week 2) I pick up Johnson and start him, and he does nothing. Murray has a 100 yard 1 TD game.

Week 3) I start Murray again. Henry gets a majority of the touches.

Rinse. Repeat.

[RRyder823]

Man Bell is the best RB in the league probably but damn if hes mor buts turning down 5 years 70 million as a 26 year old RB

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[Turk Nowitzki]

Bell is probably out of his mind for turning down these offers but I respect the balls it takes. Also, it's not like he's making chump change on these franchise tags so that has to help. I'm sure he's looking for massive guaranteed money on his deal that the Steelers aren't willing to give a RB.

[M-C-G]

Bell is probably out of his mind for turning down these offers but I respect the balls it takes. Also, it's not like he's making chump change on these franchise tags so that has to help. I'm sure he's looking for massive guaranteed money on his deal that the Steelers aren't willing to give a RB.

I thought I heard only 10M was guaranteed, if that is the case, he is much better off getting on the open market after this season. Cleveland has tons of cap space.

EDIT
Oh wow, this is even worse than I thought.

On Monday, the Steelers leaked just enough of their final offer to running back Le'Veon Bell to make Bell look greedy and unreasonable. On Tuesday, enough additional information emerged about the proposed package to make the Steelers look disingenuous and delusional.

The news that the contract had only $10 million in fully-guaranteed cash means that Bell couldn’t have accepted it. And if his agent, Adisa Bakari, would have accepted it on Bell’s behalf, Bakari probably wouldn’t have been an agent for much longer.

Bell already has, in hand, a one-year contract offer that will pay him $14.5 million fully guaranteed. Why would he commit to five years with only $10 million guaranteed when he can collect nearly 50 percent more than that and get paid market value in less than eight months?

It’s still not known what the Steelers would have paid Bell in base salary this year. That payment would have been as a practical matter guaranteed, because they wouldn’t have cut him before the start of the regular season. But unless it was at least another $10 million, why would Bell have traded a bird in the hand for a different bird in the bush?

The question throughout the negotiation process was whether the Steelers would make Bell the kind of offer that prompted him to swap $14.5 million and a path to free agency. Whatever the 2018 base salary, the Steelers didn’t come close — and they surely know it.

Which requires keeping a close eye on the possibility that, come late August, the Steelers will rescind the franchise tender before Bell can accept it.

[FAH1223]

Bell is probably out of his mind for turning down these offers but I respect the balls it takes. Also, it's not like he's making chump change on these franchise tags so that has to help. I'm sure he's looking for massive guaranteed money on his deal that the Steelers aren't willing to give a RB.

I thought I heard only 10M was guaranteed, if that is the case, he is much better off getting on the open market after this season. Cleveland has tons of cap space.

EDIT
Oh wow, this is even worse than I thought.

On Monday, the Steelers leaked just enough of their final offer to running back Le'Veon Bell to make Bell look greedy and unreasonable. On Tuesday, enough additional information emerged about the proposed package to make the Steelers look disingenuous and delusional.

The news that the contract had only $10 million in fully-guaranteed cash means that Bell couldn’t have accepted it. And if his agent, Adisa Bakari, would have accepted it on Bell’s behalf, Bakari probably wouldn’t have been an agent for much longer.

Bell already has, in hand, a one-year contract offer that will pay him $14.5 million fully guaranteed. Why would he commit to five years with only $10 million guaranteed when he can collect nearly 50 percent more than that and get paid market value in less than eight months?

It’s still not known what the Steelers would have paid Bell in base salary this year. That payment would have been as a practical matter guaranteed, because they wouldn’t have cut him before the start of the regular season. But unless it was at least another $10 million, why would Bell have traded a bird in the hand for a different bird in the bush?

The question throughout the negotiation process was whether the Steelers would make Bell the kind of offer that prompted him to swap $14.5 million and a path to free agency. Whatever the 2018 base salary, the Steelers didn’t come close — and they surely know it.

Which requires keeping a close eye on the possibility that, come late August, the Steelers will rescind the franchise tender before Bell can accept it.

Doubt Steelers rescind it. Sounds like a negotiating ploy.

[Matches Malone]

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[Kerb Hohl]

I hope the entire team kneels.

[Kerb Hohl]

Lol the policy is already suspended now.

[IrishRainbow]

DeMarco Murray retires.

I think each of the past 3 years I got stuck with him as my RB2.

I think I've had him as one of my RB2s past 3 or 3 years, too.

I always felt like there was a cycle of:

Week 1) Murray gets 10 carries for 27 yards. Duke Johnson/C.J. Anderson/etc. explodes for 20+ points.

Week 2) I pick up Johnson and start him, and he does nothing. Murray has a 100 yard 1 TD game.

Week 3) I start Murray again. Henry gets a majority of the touches.

Rinse. Repeat.

I've read that book myself

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