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A new perspective on Byron Bell

Marguide

By Marguide,
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I agree. I love this young O-line with Kalil/Gross as the veteran leaders.

Both Silatolu and Bell's stories are great, glad they're finally starting to shut up the haters on this forum.

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i'm not worried about the oline. it's in good shape all the way down and it looks like it will be for a few more years.

imo, it's safe to say Oline is not a top draft priority.

i know it's just preseason and all, but as bad as bell was...he played like a rookie on the oline. aside from the top and most elite prospects coming out of college, which is only a small percentage of those taken even in the first round, they all look like they have roller skates on and they all make a poo ton of mistakes and penalties. he won't be perfect this year, but he will show a lot of growth and he'll show he's not the "liability" he was last year. and if he does, we've got someone of decent quality in campbell who can step in and do well if needed.

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i'm not worried about the oline. it's in good shape all the way down and it looks like it will be for a few more years.

imo, it's safe to say Oline is not a top draft priority.

i know it's just preseason and all, but as bad as bell was...he played like a rookie on the oline. aside from the top and most elite prospects coming out of college, which is only a small percentage of those taken even in the first round, they all look like they have roller skates on and they all make a poo ton of mistakes and penalties. he won't be perfect this year, but he will show a lot of growth and he'll show he's not the "liability" he was last year. and if he does, we've got someone of decent quality in campbell who can step in and do well if needed.

Bell is better than Campbell. That's all I'm going to say.

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Bell is better than Campbell. That's all I'm going to say.

unless he isn't. 90% possible bell is better. i was just saying that if bell hasn't improved dramatically and isn't as good as we think/hope, then campbell would be a decent replacement.

either way, i'm not worried.

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i too am impressed with bell, but comparing him to martin is as ridiculous as the The Golden Calf of Bristol/cam comparisons last year. when one is a rookie and the other is not it's sort of a silly point.

This is why people should be happy Bell played as good as any rookie can play last year.

Martin was a high high prospect, probably the 2nd or 3rd ranked Tackle in this past draft depending on what you think. And he played like how a rookie should've played, POOR. But he was playing against Charles Johnson, not good to be playing a man who just got paid a tons of money. Though, Jonathan Martin will be a really really good Tackle in the near future, and if Miami can keep that OLINE core intact, man they're going to have a damn good OLINE with Long, Pouncey, and Martin.

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This is why people should be happy Bell played as good as any rookie can play last year.

Well that just isn't true. Statements like that is what brings out the so called "Bell" haters.

rookie Otah poo'd all over rookie Bell. Should of been that way. There rookie play wasn't in the same ballpark.

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Well that just isn't true. Statements like that is what brings out the so called "Bell" haters.

rookie Otah poo'd all over rookie Bell. Should of been that way. There rookie play wasn't in the same ballpark.

Otah didn't play like a rookie O-lineman, nor did Maurkice Pouncey, Joe Thomas or Ryan Clady.

Bell being an UDFA, played as good as any Rookie player youd think should play like. Had a better season last year than a Tyron Smith or Gabe Carimi. And looked better than Jonathan Martin, a 2012 high prospect and 2nd Rounder.

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Well that just isn't true. Statements like that is what brings out the so called "Bell" haters.

rookie Otah poo'd all over rookie Bell. Should of been that way. There rookie play wasn't in the same ballpark.

Rookie Otah also played in an offense about 100 times simpler than this one that allowed him to constantly play to his strength (run blocking), and rookie Otah also didn't have Cam running around like a madman behind him. I don't think anyone would argue that Otah has/had more talent and natural ability, but it's not like Bell was absolutely awful last year. You don't have that kind of offensive production with a terrible tackle.

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Rookie Otah also played in an offense about 100 times simpler than this one and didn't have Cam running around like a madman behind him.

True, Otah didn't have to pass protect almost every single play like Bell. Everyone knew Otah wasn't as great a pass blocker than he was a run blocker. Not saying Bell is better, but been saying for a very long time now that people should give Bell more credit than he deserve. I just hate seeing how people assumes that Campbell is better than Bell and should be the starting RT.

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