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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 818774">If PFF is close in projecting 4 yrs., $60 mil, $33 mil guaranteed in a Bell contract, that's a big pill to swallow with a huge dead cap overhang leading to major regrets if, like many running backs, he hits an early wall in what will be his 6th. season.<a href="https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/Article/Pro-Football-Focus-predicts-LeVeon-Bells-best-free-agent-offer-128773441/" target="_blank">https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/Article/Pro-Football-Focus-predicts-LeVeon-Bells-best-free-agent-offer-128773441/</a>Spending this kind of money on a RB is not an efficient use of resources and strikes me as a short term solution to longer term issues.  It would be better go day one or two on a RB and use this cap to shore up another position or two, though I can't say I'd endorse that move either.How short did Gutekunst really come up with Mack?  I'd surmise way short, in a "wait, what!" moment when Oakland told him the offer he'd have to top.About the only good thing I could say about such a signing is Bell's year off after high touch seasons might have refreshed his legs deferring the wall.  It would be a "win now" move without the complementary horses with a big cap overhang in 2020 and beyond.</blockquote>

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