I think his sloth running style will be the bigger issue. He has no explosion left, he needs bulk touches to get his numbers and be effective.
Pretty sure he’s going to be like a 1200-1300 all purpose yards guy for whomever signs him, which is about slightly above avg production for a back.
That's the point that has most baffled me over the whole Bell debate.
Those of his point of view have repeatedly used his career yards per game average, his total yards per season, etc. as justifications for why he deserves what he's demanding on the market. That's all well and good, but at the exact same time, they will agree with his complaints over the amount of touches he received per season, that he's been run into the ground by the Steelers, etc.
And no one ever puts 2 and 2 together pointing out the contraction in those two opinions.
He feels like he's received a raw deal on the Steelers with the amount of touches he's been given wearing out his body earlier compared to backs on other teams. That's fine if he feels that, he's likely more right than he is wrong considering Tomlin refuses to utilize a running back by committee approach.
That said, you don't then get to point to the yards accumulated thanks in no small part to all those touches as reasoning for why you should be paid so much more than what the position statistically is valued at, when if you had it your preferred way, you wouldn't be getting the touches to accumulate the yards you demand compensation for in the first place.
I've felt like I've been the only one following this whole fiasco taking crazy pills because no one bothers to point this obvious hypocrisy out.
Through his own words, he's basically stated his terms are whoever signs him pay him for his past production, while not forcing him the touches that he needed to accumulate the production he's demanding payment for.
If he can get some gullible GM to actually do it, then more power to him, but it's makes no goddamn sense.