LeVeon Bell Holdout?

[revo]

Not sure how many thought Bell would holdout, but it now looks like he's going to miss Week 1.

[chancellor]

Not sure how many thought Bell would holdout, but it now looks like he's going to miss Week 1.

Raises ��. Took Zeke over Bell in a non-PPR league.

[Hornsby]

I think that he can hold out until November and still get credit for his service time for the year. Maybe that's the game that he's playing, knowing that the Steelers would absolutely run the wheels off him and possibly destroy any free agent value that he has. Smart move IMO on his part...

[Ryno84MVP]

Took him last night at number four (instead of Antonio Brown, Alvin Kamara or Saquon Barkley) and I'm starting to get a little nervous about the pick.

I have another draft tonight picking 5th and have a strong feeling that I will have to make the same choice again tonight.

[Ken]

Took him last night at number four (instead of Antonio Brown, Alvin Kamara or Saquon Barkley) and I'm starting to get a little nervous about the pick.

I have another draft tonight picking 5th and have a strong feeling that I will have to make the same choice again tonight.

I'd avoid the risk, plenty of other options at 5

[Art Vandelay]

Not sure how many thought Bell would holdout, but it now looks like he's going to miss Week 1.

I'll be honest, I thought you were writing about the laker kid ball. And I was guessing he was holding out because lbj was going to start in front of him.

[frae]

At 3 I took Zeke over him after DJ and Gurley came off the board, but he only slipped to 6. Honestly I'd be scared to take him at this point ahead of any of the top RB's. I'd probably go as deep as taking Hunt/Fournette before I was ok with it. So maybe round 2 if he is there? He only has to play 6 games to get his service time and that would only give you what two weeks of the fantasy regular season. If he doesn't report Saturday to get his week 1 paycheck and not play week 1 at that point I don't see why he doesn't just go all the way and hold out the first 10 games. We will see.

[Mithrandir]

I find his situation fascinating. Especially the anger heaped upon Bell from the local Pittsburgh sports fans.

[Judge Jude]

I'm much more intrigued about the anger heaped upon Bell by his TEAMMATES

[Mithrandir]

I'm much more intrigued about the anger heaped upon Bell by his TEAMMATES

Indeed. Since I don't have a good idea what kind of communication Bell had with them, I'm not sure that i can really understand where they are coming from. If Bell had indicated that he would be ready for the first game and now he isn't, then i guess they have a legit gripe with him.

[umjewman]

I took him at 4 in one league. Now I'm sweating, although I did get Conner later in the draft, so hopefully that mitigates the loss to some extent.

He went 6 in my draft last night, which was pretty ballsy as the news seems to get worse and worse with each passing day.

[Ken]

He went 6 in my draft last night, which was pretty ballsy as the news seems to get worse and worse with each passing day.

Maybe it's a bad philosophy but my plan for R1 is to avoid picking a player that will cause me to lose the season. There's the old adage, not sure how true it is but... 1st round picks can't win your league but they can lose them.

I'm all about risk avoidance early in FF. And given the information right now, there's no way I'd pick him in the first round an a half. Somewhere in round 3 or later maybe I can afford that risk. But I'd really rather it just be someone else's problem. And if he still goes in round 1, even better.

[umjewman]

Maybe it's a bad philosophy but my plan for R1 is to avoid picking a player that will cause me to lose the season. There's the old adage, not sure how true it is but... 1st round picks can't win your league but they can lose them.

I'm all about risk avoidance early in FF. And given the information right now, there's no way I'd pick him in the first round an a half. Somewhere in round 3 or later maybe I can afford that risk. But I'd really rather it just be someone else's problem. And if he still goes in round 1, even better.

I should clarify. He went 6 in my draft last night to someone else. Not to me. I took Zeke at #9 (start 2 QBs in that league, so draft gets more QB heavy).

[Judge Jude]

good context here from someone on the Steelers beat

Aditi Kinkhabwala
Verified account @AKinkhabwala
2h2 hours ago

Le’Veon Bell’s teammates have had his back through one arrest, two suspensions and two off-season holdouts. They’ve had his back through his showing up late to a playoff walkthrough, his threatening retirement and his strip club video. Let’s not suddenly forget that.

[onejayhawk]

I also got Bell and Conner. Emmitt Smith did this in the 1990s. He held out two games, both losses, and Jerry Jones caved. We'll see what happens here. For my team, it's the difference between being favored and being the underdog. I hop JuJu bails me out.

J