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Le'Veon Bell
- Thread starter MarkAndrewsOurSavior
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MarkAndrewsOurSavior
Veteran
There is this thing called the draft that we usually nail our oline picks on lol
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
Yeah. I just liked that tweet but am mostly kidding on Bell for that kind of money.
i mean his patient style is him making use of his incredible agility in the hole to let blocks take form and then get downhill - that doesnt go away in the ravens scheme and its no like hes alex collins style bouncing runs outside repeatedly
its easy to forget just how nimble and shifty leveon bell is because we're so used to seeing him as a work horse and is mostly contained when the ravens play him
I just think a guy who is more of a downhill runner is a better fit. I think he can work in a read option type of offense, but I’m not convinced it’s his best fit if that makes sense.
Davesta
Ravens Ring of Honor
Give me mark ingram for half the cost. And better fit.
i mean he's been in a power offence his entire career and by the end of last year we were hardly running any option plays at all - we were running hard power right over and over and over
MarkAndrewsOurSavior
Veteran
Ingram brings the exact same thing dixon and gus do
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
i dont see what ingram brings that dixon doesnt, other than less threat as a receiver and maybe more availability(which could be a stretch since hes a bit older and hasnt been completely healthy himself)
MarkAndrewsOurSavior
Veteran
Think the exact same, if we aren’t going to sign Bell(which is fine) go for someone like Tevin Coleman who brings an element we don’t already have
You REALLY do not want to start a rookie center and the one quality that you want to replace in the FS is that they need to be high football IQ which is going to be hard to find in a rookie. You can draft Yanda's eventual replacement and the starting LG in the draft, can draft some DLine studs and pass rushing talent which is all everyone talks about with this draft, can even draft some nice corners who can probably be plug and play, but certain positions you want veterans or you want to be able to scheme around them as a rookie.
JO_75
Hall of Famer
I wouldn't want to cough up a lot of money for a RB either.
MarkAndrewsOurSavior
Veteran
He isn’t just a RB tho, is literally a WR out of the backfield that would mesh perfectly with lamar... if we can get him for 13-15m for 2-3 year instead of getting Mosley that money im all for it
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Would you take a rookie C like Jenkins over skura though? Because I would...
Also Nasir Adderley is an extremely high iq single high safety, he legitimately looks like he could be the next earl thomas and I simply do not see him being a bust and that’s because he is clearly a very smart safety, and I wouldn’t mind a bit if we took him at 22
ALI624
Pro Bowler
Does feel like a definite possibility. Would be both exciting and nerve wracking for me.
I’ve been largely on the doubtful side, but there’s always been a part of me that thought DeCosta might want to make his introduction by making a big splash. I still lean more towards doubtful, but I certainly wouldn’t discount the possibility. I think it’s very real.
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It feels like bell wants to come here - so if we do end up making a somewhat competitive offer I think he does come here
The questions is whether we make an offer that’s close enough to the jets etc
SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
Any chance Bell takes a discount to come here for a year and stick it to the Steelers, and then get his payday next year? Probably not?