It’s always smart to check Twitter to make sure you get the highest intellect on the Le’Veon Bell saga that ended today with him sitting out the 2018 season. He turned down a 5 year, 70 million dollar option because the 17 million dollar guarantee is too low. I don’t exactly understand the money, but he’s fearful of getting hurt and not getting his max deal.

Laying It Out Bluntly

Connor is as Good? – I read an article that said he was out-performing Le’Veon so far this year.

Get Paid! – LongDonnSilver would have been better as LongDongSilver

Quality Insult

This Needs Some Investigation

Do We Want Non-Team Players?

From a person who will most likely not make 14.5 million in any year of their life, it seems dumb not to play football. Some athletes being part of a winning team is worth more than money. Others as it’s all about the money. Le’Veon was the latter. The answer, as with all parts of life, is it’s a balance.

If I was an owner, part of me would say that there is no team culture that can support a Le’Veon Bell type athlete. He’s not good for the team if he puts money above all else and, frankly, he hasn’t won shit which just proves the point he’s not a great team player. By not playing this season, he substantiated his egotistical, money first attitude. One veteran player told ESPN anonymously: “He f—ed us.”

Let’s look at the opposing side – he’s 26, in the prime of his career, and can demand as much money as he thinks he’s worth. Make no mistake about it, any team that is lousy and has money under the cap, will pay Le’Veon Bell even knowing he’s not a team player. An above average team player with a great attitude isn’t better than Le’Veon Bell. His decision to not play is banking on the fact that he doesn’t get hurt this season or in the off-season (which I know is a ridiculous comment but if you’re worried about getting hurt, you shouldn’t be playing football). Here’s Earl Thomas with the middle finger to his own team’s fans after getting hurt before proper negotiations to let you know the fear is real.

The people who should be the most pissed are Steelers fans. Your team is Super Bowl worthy and your near best offensive player quit. That’s bush league. There isn’t any other way to look at it and for that reason (Lori from Shark Tank), it’s a bad decision for Le’Veon. Bad things happen to people who make bad decisions and this is a sure fire way to have bad karma. He can complain about the money, ownership, and negotiations all he wants, but he let his entire team and city down. Of course it can work out like the Kevin Durant situation and he’d tell you it was the best decision he’s ever made. To end with my actual thought, the people in his ear did not steer him to a good compromise, I think this will not end up well for him. Remember this is the man making decisions.