Was the tie worth the $850k the Steelers saved?

bodyforlife · Sep 10, 2018

Is Le'veon Bell's stock up, down, or did it stay the same after the tie with Cleveland? Do they win the game with him in the backfield?

HacheMan · Sep 10, 2018

His replacement had an outstanding game so i don't think Bell's presence would have made any difference...

ERockMoney · Sep 10, 2018

I didn’t see any of the game, but it appeared Conner played well from the stat line. Was this just a case of Big Ben being Big Ben on the road and Tomlin being Tomlin anywhere that led to the tie?

HacheMan · Sep 10, 2018

ERockMoney said:
I didn’t see any of the game, but it appeared Conner played well from the stat line. Was this just a case of Big Ben being Big Ben on the road and Tomlin being Tomlin anywhere that led to the tie?

Pretty much

They got complacent when in control of the game...

Bruins4Life · Sep 10, 2018

Cleveland coach tried hard to give it away with his clock managaement.

skins85 · Sep 10, 2018

and roethlisberger wonders why they drafted mason rudolph.

dnf0027 · Sep 10, 2018

hate to say it but...As much as Conner did an excellent job, that fumble he had up 14 with 8min left was CRITICAL. If he doesn't fumble there, I don't see a way browns come back.

Betallsports · Sep 10, 2018

dnf0027 said:
hate to say it but...As much as Conner did an excellent job, that fumble he had up 14 with 8min left was CRITICAL. If he doesn't fumble there, I don't see a way browns come back.

not like Bell can't fumble, I believe Conner did a Great job. Shit he was the Leading Rusher of the Day by ALL teams

can't blame him for the Push/loss

skins85 · Sep 10, 2018

dnf0027 said:
hate to say it but...As much as Conner did an excellent job, that fumble he had up 14 with 8min left was CRITICAL. If he doesn't fumble there, I don't see a way browns come back.

you cant win when your quarterback has 5 turnovers. Conner played well enough to keep the team in the game. roethlisberger was the reason they didnt win. bell used have a fumbling problem, thats just something you gotta deal with when you have young rbs. eventually they overcome it.

dnf0027 · Sep 10, 2018

skins85 said:
you cant win when your quarterback has 5 turnovers. Conner played well enough to keep the team in the game. roethlisberger was the reason they didnt win. bell used have a fumbling problem, thats just something you gotta deal with when you have young rbs. eventually they overcome it.

Ben seems to have a couple of these games (esp on the road) every year. He played like garbage for sure.

dnf0027 · Sep 10, 2018

Betallsports said:
not like Bell can't fumble, I believe Conner did a Great job. Shit he was the Leading Rusher of the Day by ALL teams

can't blame him for the Push/loss

I agree, not blaming, just saying.

99steak · Sep 10, 2018

Hache Man said:
His replacement had an outstanding game so i don't think Bell's presence would have made any difference...

Doesn' that mean they could have won easily if they had both of them playing?

Greenbacks · Sep 10, 2018

He ran the ball well.

That fumble was costly though.

7 points for the Browns

Michelangelo · Sep 10, 2018

Big Ben had five turnovers. The rook RB had one. He had a GREAt game around that fumble.

Don't blame Connor for the loss. Blame his teammates.

dnf0027 · Sep 10, 2018

Did anyone see James Conner's haircut? lmao someone please post a picture of it

bodyforlife · Sep 10, 2018

Isn't this how all the young kids wear their hair?

Greenbacks · Sep 10, 2018

Greenbacks · Sep 10, 2018

Pick up that ball James

Trophy case...LOL

PatsFan1283 · Sep 10, 2018

bodyforlife said:
Is Le'veon Bell's stock up, down, or did it stay the same after the tie with Cleveland? Do they win the game with him in the backfield?

It's not really like an Emmitt Smith situation with Dallas where they lost their 1st 2 games and his stock went up because of it, then he got paid. Pitt isn't paying Bell either way and I don't think Connor fumbling is really going to have an effect on his market value when he finally hits FA.

The only takeaway for me is the Steelers are dumb for taking this risk with Bell if Connor is pretty good. Should've gone to the young guy and put that $ into a D that gaveup 45 to Jville in the playoffs and was horrible after Shazier paralysis last year.