Le'Veon Bell signs with Kansas City

[Hapless Bills Fan]

28 minutes ago, shoshin said:

This is a b-word move. He shows that he has no ability to help raise a franchise and instead just goes and joins the best team in football. I hope Edwards-Hilaire outplays him and he stays as backup. 

 

Except for the Jets game. I'd love to see him go full 2016 Steelers on the Jets. 

 

And I don't think the Bills need him. If there's a mid-season top LB available, that's different. 

 

Me, I'd settle for a mid-season competent contributor LB.  We are mi-tee-thin

[shoshin]

5 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Me, I'd settle for a mid-season competent contributor LB.  We are mi-tee-thin

So you don’t think Klein is the answer. 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

27 minutes ago, shoshin said:

So you don’t think Klein is the answer. 

Depends: what was the question?

 

[Scott7975]

I was hoping he'd sign here but better the Chiefs than the Pats 

[ALF]

KC is going all in this season , next season Mahomes big contract kicks in and lower cap space for who knows how long. When Allen is due his big contract , well options need to be modest for cap purpose.

[Mr. K]

19 hours ago, Jdragon2 said:

 

Bell is a FA and a decent back.

 

Name a decent FA Lineman.

Like I said "not that you can do too much right now" in regards to the line. Moot point now though.

[Mr. WEO]

Wow—the board turned on Bell mighty quick! (shocking).

 

McBeane concluded what several posters here had days ago:  this guy adds no significant value to this team because he can’t do what they need—make his own yards behind bad blocking.  Plus he’s a PIA.  
 

He will be KCs next McCoy. 

[C.Biscuit97]

48 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

Wow—the board turned on Bell mighty quick! (shocking).

 

McBeane concluded what several posters here had days ago:  this guy adds no significant value to this team because he can’t do what they need—make his own yards behind bad blocking.  Plus he’s a PIA.  
 

He will be KCs next McCoy. 

I don’t know about that.  I think Bell is pretty fresh and played for the worse offensive situation in their entire league.  I can see him have a good impact for them.  McCoy was our offense for years and had dead legs. Bell had barely played in 3 years. 

[Mr. WEO]

5 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

I don’t know about that.  I think Bell is pretty fresh and played for the worse offensive situation in their entire league.  I can see him have a good impact for them.  McCoy was our offense for years and had dead legs. Bell had barely played in 3 years. 

we’ll see.  They just drafted a pass catching great running RB.  
 

I wonder how Damien Williams is feeling today about his decision to opt out of the season...

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:

Wow—the board turned on Bell mighty quick! (shocking).

 

McBeane concluded what several posters here had days ago:  this guy adds no significant value to this team because he can’t do what they need—make his own yards behind bad blocking.  Plus he’s a PIA.  
 

He will be KCs next McCoy. 

I was confused at first who you were talking about. Then I remembered— that guy who is now dead to me. 

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

Chiefs will pay Le’Veon Bell $690,000 in salary, up to $1 million in incentives

Posted by Michael David Smith on October 17, 2020, 5:38 AM EDT

 

If a team had traded for running back Le'Veon Bell, it would have had to pay him $6 million in salary for the rest of this season. After the Jets cut Bell, the Chiefs signed him for a lot less than that.

 

Bell will make $690,000 in salary for the remaining 12 weeks of this season, and can earn up to $1 million in playing time and playoff incentives, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.

 

The Jets are still on the hook for the remaining $6 million in salary Bell is owed because that money was guaranteed on the contract he signed with the Jets last year.

 

That Bell ended up taking so much less than he was owed by the Jets shows that he just can’t command that kind of money anymore, and the Jets’ attempt to trade him wasn’t going to work. Bell was once a first-team All-Pro running back, but he didn’t play at all in 2018 and hasn’t played well in 2019 or 2020.

 

Now Bell will get an opportunity to show he still has something left in the remainder of this season with the Chiefs, and then he’ll hit free agency in 2021 — when he won’t get anything close to the money the Jets paid him.

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/10/17/chiefs-will-pay-leveon-bell-690000-in-salary-up-to-1-million-in-incentives/#comments

 

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

5 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

Chiefs will pay Le’Veon Bell $690,000 in salary, up to $1 million in incentives

Posted by Michael David Smith on October 17, 2020, 5:38 AM EDT

 

If a team had traded for running back Le'Veon Bell, it would have had to pay him $6 million in salary for the rest of this season. After the Jets cut Bell, the Chiefs signed him for a lot less than that.

 

Bell will make $690,000 in salary for the remaining 12 weeks of this season, and can earn up to $1 million in playing time and playoff incentives, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.

 

The Jets are still on the hook for the remaining $6 million in salary Bell is owed because that money was guaranteed on the contract he signed with the Jets last year.

 

That Bell ended up taking so much less than he was owed by the Jets shows that he just can’t command that kind of money anymore, and the Jets’ attempt to trade him wasn’t going to work. Bell was once a first-team All-Pro running back, but he didn’t play at all in 2018 and hasn’t played well in 2019 or 2020.

 

Now Bell will get an opportunity to show he still has something left in the remainder of this season with the Chiefs, and then he’ll hit free agency in 2021 — when he won’t get anything close to the money the Jets paid him.

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/10/17/chiefs-will-pay-leveon-bell-690000-in-salary-up-to-1-million-in-incentives/#comments

 

 

I was watching moneyball last night for the first time in a while. There is a scene where Billy Beane tells David Justice that the Yankees were still on the hook for $3M of his salary. And he said, “that’s how little the Yankees think of you. They’re paying you $3 million to play against them.”  Pretty great line! 
 

Sort of the same with Bell— the Jets are basically paying Bell $6 mill to play against them! 

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

1 minute ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I was watching moneyball last night for the first time in a while. There is a scene where Billy Beane tells David Justice that the Yankees were still on the hook for $3M of his salary. And he said, “that’s how little the Yankees think of you. They’re paying you $3 million to play against them.”  Pretty great line! 
 

Sort of the same with Bell— the Jets are basically paying Bell $6 mill to play against them! 

 

...MUST be a good idea....Adam Gase IS in complete control, right??..............

[YoloinOhio]

Can’t help but think the Bills interest was driven at least in part by lighting a fire under Devin - even if they didn’t ultimately sign him. Found it interesting that it was truly public interest given McDermott confirming it and saying he and Beane are always looking to “improve the team” 

 

 

 

Edited October 17, 2020 by YoloinOhio

[mannc]

It will be interesting to see if Yeldon gets more playing time on Monday...I’d like to see what he can do.

[YoloinOhio]

3 minutes ago, mannc said:

It will be interesting to see if Yeldon gets more playing time on Monday...I’d like to see what he can do.

If moss is active, which it looks like he’s healthy, have to think Yeldon won’t play ... 

[mannc]

3 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

If moss is active, which it looks like he’s healthy, have to think Yeldon won’t play ... 

That would be too bad...Yeldon plays on special teams, though, right?

[YoloinOhio]

11 minutes ago, mannc said:

That would be too bad...Yeldon plays on special teams, though, right?

I don’t think so