1)Of course the 4-game suspension of RB Le'Veon Bell is on every fan's mind. After word broke that L-Bell will miss the 1st 4 games of the season due to a missed mandatory drug test, Bell went to work on damage control. First, an appeal was filed. Nothing out of the ordinary about that. In fact, it's typically customary for a player to appeal a suspension. Sometimes it can lead to the league knocking a game or two off the suspension. Then, things got ridiculous. Bell took to Instagram to not only declare his innocence but to proclaim that he will miss 0 games due to suspension. Apparently Bell got a new cellphone and failed to alert the NFL, the Steelers or anyone else that matters of his new digits.
Sorry Bell, the day you signed that contract is the day you joined the real world. Whether you like it or not, you and you alone are responsible for your actions. You're a big boy now. Own up to it. If you'd rather enjoy hanging with Snoop Dogg and burning a fatty, that's you're business. Just don't expect us to accept the flimsy excuse that you changed your number and you're not obligated to tell Roger Goodell your new phone number. We're not smoking what you're smoking, bro.
By the way, Mrs. Black-N-Gold has a new endeavor for Bell and the also-suspended-Martavis Bryant to supplement their income. Have you heard of the clothing retailer Billabong? How about they come up with a company called Fillabong?
2)Of course with Bell out for a quarter of the season, the pressure will be on the offense to try to make things work without skipping a beat. That means they may lean even more on, arguably, the best receiver in the league, WR Antonio Brown. #84 is 2 years away from free agency but has made no attempt to mask that fact that he's grossly underpaid and, thus, feels he's underappreciated. AB makes it a point to remind us how great he is and how little he's paid every chance he gets. Now would be a good time for him to make his point and force the Steelers to give him that big-money deal his been harping about since around the time that he signed his last contract.
Is a holdout on the horizon? The Steelers have always made it a practice not to negotiate a new contract with a player, other than a quarterback, when they have more than a year left on their deal. Who is to say that what worked during Art Rooney Sr and Dan Rooney's era is still applicable in today's NFL? AB doesn't think so. We'll see if he decides to stay home.
3)And finally, we get to discuss a storyline that should actually develop between the hashmarks. Have the Steelers made enough moves to improve the defense? Goodness knows some of the parts are in place. But our favorite Black-N-Gold Football Team will need to rely on quite a few youngsters if they want to take a step forward, defensively. It's put up or shut up time, boys. We've heard all offseason how these draft picks are going to produce on the field. Time for the team to put up and show us what these young guys have. Let's see some results. De-Fense!
Mrs. Black-N-Gold can't wait to see how these storylines and many others develop from St. Vincent. It's time to go camping, boys. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
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