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Fiber deprived old guy.
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Come on man! You're using up bandwidth. Now the people posting their apologies to TT probably got a busy signal or something.Hi .... oops ... wrong thread.
FIFY. . . we should get a RB like Jackson was a few years ago has proven true, but just in the form of drafting Lacy. So, I'm wrong, but also semi-right?!?! Maybe?!?!
Bell worked out for the Packers once last season, but they did not sign him. They brought him back in for a workout on Monday, according to the source, and signed him to a contract for the remainder of this season shortly after his session.
The 5-foot-11, 219-pound Bell had the best game of his career against the Packers on Christmas Day 2011. As a member of the Chicago Bears, Bell rushed for 121 yards on 23 carries
In other RB news, Ted Thompson has added another RB to the team, yes in FREE AGENCY.
He signed KAHLIL BELL last night, a journeymen.
What makes me mad is apparently we were deciding between him and another journeyman RB, BRANDON JACKSON.
Neither guy would really, let's be honest, make a dent or difference in where we go.
I am extremely saddened that in a minor move like this, the player who helped us win a Super Bowl, and was a 100% class teammate, was not chosen in favor of an outsider who has never been anything more than just a guy.
Bell was an undrafted guy, played a bit in 3 seasons with the Bears, with his Av Per Carry declining every year, although his overall 4.3 avg is fine.
He's okay, just a guy, and next year we will be getting back DuJuan Harris and Johnathon Franklin, along with Eddie Lacy and James Starks.
Would have been a classy move to employ the former Packer who was all class when here.
I guess the Packers remember how WE made him look like a Pro Bowler 2 Christmas' ago. Remember though, we do that often, see Toby Gerhart.
http://espn.go.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/4334/packers-sign-veteran-running-back-bell
Right, it's a 0.2 move on a 10.0 scale in terms of importance/affect.You're right though...anybody we would have picked up is a jobber at this stage with a lot to prove to make it out of, if not to, next year's training camp.
Right, it's a 0.2 move on a 10.0 scale in terms of importance/affect.
So please, if it was between B-Jax and Bell, of the street guys being hired, hire the guy who gave his all TO US, and helped us get to the Super Bowl.
Reward loyalty.
I guess I am just old-fashioned to think that loyalty should be a factor in a meaningless move like this.
Or, haha, Teddy was doing B-Jax a favor NOT bringing him back into this current locker room that is the TITANIC going down with no Godgers at the helm.
Anybody? I mean I can scroll back and see your guys' comments..
*crickets chirp*
Hypocrisy at its finest.
You're not saying that Jackson would have been a good signing if we didn't draft Lacy, are you?Did you seriously disagree with something I wrote nine months ago? I wrote that under the assumption Lacy would be drafted way before the Packers drafted.
You're not saying that Jackson would have been a good signing if we didn't draft Lacy, are you?
I guess what I missed is why you would still want him? He has looked really bad in most games. His last game he scored 2 TDs and looked okay. But he has mostly looked slow and hesitant. He missed a big chunk of the season from an injury. The Falcons are not sitting around thinking they are glad they signed him, I guarantee you.Nine months ago, my thinking was "sign Jackson and get one or two good years out of him and win another Super Bowl".
With that being said, if my choices today were Jackson, Johnathan Franklin, James Starks and Alex Green, I'd take, in order, death, Jackson, Starks, Franklin, death again, Alex Green.
I guess what I missed is why you would still want him? He has looked really bad in most games. His last game he scored 2 TDs and looked okay. But he has mostly looked slow and hesitant. He missed a big chunk of the season from an injury. The Falcons are not sitting around thinking they are glad they signed him, I guarantee you.
This Sunday will be the big test, if he doesn't get more than 150 yards and 3 TDs against the Packers defensive front, then you know he is a marginal NFL player at this point.
I'm pretty sure he appreciates the fact you feel his pain.Felt pretty bad for the guy today ... I imagine he's singing soprano about now. Don't recall who the nasty Packer was who got him with crown of the helmet in the junk, but I could hear Christmas bells ringing in Oshkosh, wow... I started sweating for the poor bastige.
Now he and Vernon Davis can petition the NFL for rules regarding ***** tackling and ball ringing together.