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Bell to re-sign today per J.P on twitter

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panthers55 Grand Master

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Bell will be a starter this year.  He wouldn't be the only player that took a few years to learn enough to start in this league.  I actually would like to see if he is naturally better on the left side versus the right.  He could start at right tackle but backup the left tackle if needed or the other way around.

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Awesome News! We can now say that the LT issue has been fixed, because Bell was fantastic at RT last year and would only be better at LT because he's left handed. 

Around here if you don't indicate you are being sarcastic it will invoke 10 posts taking you to task...

 

Just sayin.............

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Bell will be a starter this year.  He wouldn't be the only player that took a few years to learn enough to start in this league.  I actually would like to see if he is naturally better on the left side versus the right.  He could start at right tackle but backup the left tackle if needed or the other way around.

 

The problem with Bell is that he doesn't seem to be a bit better now than he was as an undrafted rookie free agent.  We all loved him then because he filled in more than adequately considering he was a undrafted rookie free agent.  The problem is that it's now several years later and this guy is still currently penciled in as a starter on our OL.  That sucks.

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The problem with Bell is that he doesn't seem to be a bit better now than he was as an undrafted rookie free agent.  We all loved him then because he filled in more than adequately considering he was a undrafted rookie free agent.  The problem is that it's now several years later and this guy is still currently penciled in as a starter on our OL.  That sucks.

And he will be the starter until we find someone better.

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