from the Pittsburgh Steelers rumored to be worth around $70 million with effective guarantees of $33 million over the first two years of a five-year deal Isaiah Buggs Pittsburgh Steelers Jersey , he did so under the belief that a much bigger pay day was out there waiting for him. However, if the initial contract projections from salary cap expert Jason Fitzgerald of OverTheCap.com are accurate, the Steelers’ star running back might struggle to find the huge deal he is looking for after all.In a feature published by Pro Football Focus, Fitzgerald shared his thoughts about the sort of contract Bell could expect to find on the open market, coming up with a number which is barely an improvement on the one Pittsburgh offered in 2018.Pro Football FocusGiven that the four-year deal signed by Todd Gurley last year was worth $57.5 million and included $21.95 million fully guaranteed, there can be no dispute that such a deal would make Bell the highest paid player at his position in the league, but by barely enough to have warranted rejecting the Steelers last offer. Sitting out an entire season just to earn an extra $1 million more a year makes little sense when you consider that Bell walked away from $14.544 million in 2018 under the terms of the franchise tag. Money he will have difficulty earning back in the long-term if $60 million over four years is the best he can do on the open market. While many will point to the level of guarantees as the most important thing, no team in the league will be offering Bell a fully guaranteed contract over the length of the deal. The best he is likely to find being something similar to the rolling structure in Gurley’s new contract. However, with veteran players on multi-year deals historically seeing 83-percent of their total contracted value from Pittsburgh since 2002, as per Steelers salary cap specialist Ian Whetstone Isaiah Buggs Jersey 2019 , the team was almost certain to honor most of the deal.As Whetstone notes, of the 397 contracts given out since 2002, 309 of those players have received 100-percent of the deal.Thankfully, unless Pittsburgh decides to use the transition tag on him in the coming weeks, how much Bell gets paid will be a topic for another fan base to discuss soon enough. As difficult as this piece was to write last week when the numbers were so bad for the Steelers when they went to Baltimore, this week was a complete 180掳 turn. The Steelers’ numbers for playing games on Thursdays are better than average, but when narrowing those games down to just the home games, they take a fantastic turn. Before diving into things, it’s important to understand the data when it comes to Thursday games. Since 2012, every team plays at least one game on Thursday. Teams that play in the kickoff game to start the season Cheap Isaiah Buggs Jersey , as well as some teams who play on Thanksgiving day, play a second Thursday game. It was in 2006 when the number of Thursday games first expanded when a program called the “run to the playoffs” began. For the most part, these games were in November and December, but they were not spread evenly between NFL teams. The Steelers’s have played at least one Thursday game since 2006. The Steelers played in the kickoff game in 2006, 2009, and 2015, all seasons in which they played two games on Thursdays.7-1Since 2006, the Steelers are 9–6 on Thursday nights, but 7-1 at home. The only home loss was in Week 4 of 2015 when the Michael Vick led Steelers fell to the Ravens 23–20 in overtime. For those who don’t recall, this was the game where Josh Scobee missed two field goals in the last 2:29 which allowed the Ravens to send the game to overtime.6-0When looking at Ben Roethlisberger’s Thursday night record Morgan Burnett Jersey , he is undefeated home at 6-0. In the those games, he has thrown for 10 touchdowns with only three interceptions. Additionally, he has rushed for three touchdowns.68-24In the last two games the Steelers have played on Thursday night (one at home and one away), they have outscored their opponents 68 –24. In those two games, Ben Roethlisberger was 44 of 65 in passing attempts while throwing for 520 yards. He has thrown 7 touchdowns with no interceptions.15-235-6As impressive is Ben Roethlisberger has been in the last two Thursday night games, Antonio Brown has been nearly unstoppable. While being targeted 19 times, Brown had 15 receptions for 235 yards. The most impressive statistic is he had six touchdowns in those two games. That’s correct- six touchdowns!6-2It should be noted that the Carolina Panthers come into this game with a record of 6–2, which is the best winning percentage of any team the Steelers have played on Thursday night since 2006. The next closest winning percentage was from last year‘s Thursday night game when the Steelers defeated the 6–3 Tennessee Titans 40 –17.4The Steelers currently have a 4-game winning streak coming into Thursday night’s game. This was the same winning streak when they played at Heinz Field on Thursday night in 2017. Last season the Steelers extended their win streak all the way to eight games. This Thursday night will be the first test if the 2018 Steelers can do the same.
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