Fantasy Football News and Rumors

[SteelersPride]

Steelers gonna pick him up?

no rumors yet

Robotech said:
If you were my Week 6 opponent, which of these studs would you pick up to start at RB in Week 6?

View attachment 255763

i wanna be in your league.......cam akers

 

[Barilko]

How about Arizona or Chicago

 

[Bandit]

From every metric I've seen, it's not just the Jets being bad that has made Bell bad, he has grossly underperformed as well, so I'm so sure it matters where he lands. From the ESPN article:

Frankly, whichever team signs Bell won't be getting a significant bargain on paper. The last time he was an effective player was 2017, when he approached 2,000 yards from scrimmage. He sat out all of 2018 in a contract dispute and then did nothing in his time with the Jets after signing in 2019. Since the start of last season, Bell has averaged 3.2 yards per carry, which ranks 48th out of 49 backs. As a receiver, he has averaged just under 7 yards per reception, which is 125th out of 132 players. He has been worse than a replacement-level back.

Of course, any team acquiring Bell is going to hope that he finds new life away from the Jets and coach Adam Gase. By NFL Next Gen Stats, though, Bell's problems weren't strictly a product of a middling offensive line. Since the start of last season, he has produced 110 rushing yards below expectation given his blocking, the fourth-worst mark in the league behind Devonta Freeman, Peyton Barber and Todd Gurley. Freeman, Gurley and Bell all signed lucrative contract extensions, and each was cut after they disappointed while on those deals.

 

[Robotech]

no rumors yet


i wanna be in your league.......cam akers

Akers's value is kinda low in a redraft league, right? Henderson is the only startable Rams RB right now. And it's unclear to me who is ahead between Akers and Brown.

 

[Robotech]

From every metric I've seen, it's not just the Jets being bad that has made Bell bad, he has grossly underperformed as well, so I'm so sure it matters where he lands. From the ESPN article:

Frankly, whichever team signs Bell won't be getting a significant bargain on paper. The last time he was an effective player was 2017, when he approached 2,000 yards from scrimmage. He sat out all of 2018 in a contract dispute and then did nothing in his time with the Jets after signing in 2019. Since the start of last season, Bell has averaged 3.2 yards per carry, which ranks 48th out of 49 backs. As a receiver, he has averaged just under 7 yards per reception, which is 125th out of 132 players. He has been worse than a replacement-level back.

Of course, any team acquiring Bell is going to hope that he finds new life away from the Jets and coach Adam Gase. By NFL Next Gen Stats, though, Bell's problems weren't strictly a product of a middling offensive line. Since the start of last season, he has produced 110 rushing yards below expectation given his blocking, the fourth-worst mark in the league behind Devonta Freeman, Peyton Barber and Todd Gurley. Freeman, Gurley and Bell all signed lucrative contract extensions, and each was cut after they disappointed while on those deals.

Yeah, I'm not so sure he instantly becomes a RB1 like people are saying on the fantasy football subreddit.

 

[TREFF]

From every metric I've seen, it's not just the Jets being bad that has made Bell bad, he has grossly underperformed as well, so I'm so sure it matters where he lands. From the ESPN article:

Frankly, whichever team signs Bell won't be getting a significant bargain on paper. The last time he was an effective player was 2017, when he approached 2,000 yards from scrimmage. He sat out all of 2018 in a contract dispute and then did nothing in his time with the Jets after signing in 2019. Since the start of last season, Bell has averaged 3.2 yards per carry, which ranks 48th out of 49 backs. As a receiver, he has averaged just under 7 yards per reception, which is 125th out of 132 players. He has been worse than a replacement-level back.

Of course, any team acquiring Bell is going to hope that he finds new life away from the Jets and coach Adam Gase. By NFL Next Gen Stats, though, Bell's problems weren't strictly a product of a middling offensive line. Since the start of last season, he has produced 110 rushing yards below expectation given his blocking, the fourth-worst mark in the league behind Devonta Freeman, Peyton Barber and Todd Gurley. Freeman, Gurley and Bell all signed lucrative contract extensions, and each was cut after they disappointed while on those deals.

Sitting on the bench for a team not QB'ed by Joe Flacco is an upgrade in fantasy value I think

 

[SteelersPride]

Akers's value is kinda low in a redraft league, right? Henderson is the only startable Rams RB right now. And it's unclear to me who is ahead between Akers and Brown.

He outperformed both last week didn’t he? Headache situation

 

[averagejoe]

Hmmm.. Gordon arrested for DUI. And Jets released Bell.... hmmm.

 

[SteelersPride]

Hmmm.. Gordon arrested for DUI. And Jets released Bell.... hmmm.

Call a damn u Uber!

 

[Shanemansj13]

Hmmm.. Gordon arrested for DUI. And Jets released Bell.... hmmm.

 

[Trudem]

Call a damn u Uber!

ive long said every team should have a team of drivers for this very purpose. Its insane how often these idiot athletes do this crap.

 

[Robotech]

ive long said every team should have a team of drivers for this very purpose. Its insane how often these idiot athletes do this crap.

These guys feel invincible.

 

[TREFF]

Adam Schefter says L. Bell and Da Bears have a deal in place

 

[SteelersPride]

These guys feel invincible.

They r to an extent.

 

[Robotech]

Adam Schefter says L. Bell and Da Bears have a deal in place

The Bell owner in my league also owns David Montgomery. He's probably not too happy about that.

 

[TREFF]

The Bell owner in my league also owns David Montgomery. He's probably not too happy about that.

At least he'll still have the Bears RB..Which is only slightly worse than the Bears and the Jets RB's

 

[Trudem]

Adam Schefter says L. Bell and Da Bears have a deal in place

fake acct. Look at the twitter handle.

 

[TREFF]

fake acct. Look at the twitter handle.

Well FML...never mind I guess

 

[Robotech]

fake acct. Look at the twitter handle.

Yeah, I was wondering why I couldn't find that same thing on Schefter's twitter.

 

[Robotech]

At least he'll still have the Bears RB..Which is only slightly worse than the Bears and the Jets RB's

One of these weeks, I'm going to pick up and fire up Frank Gore.