LJ11 or any other Bills fans (is there such a thing?) what is the word on LT Demetress Bell?
Eagles just inked him to a 5 year deal mostly to replace Peters, who sadly I fear might be done as an Eagle. Peters is IMO top 3 if the not the best LT in the game and a major reason McCoy had the year he did. I hope this signing works because they had no one really besides depth players to replace Peters with.
Funny how Bell for the 2nd time in his career has to replace Peters. I keep hearing he is an injury prone average player with good potential. Is he solid? Average? Might blossom? Hot garbage?
At least this means they won't draft a LT in the first round.
That about sums it up. Below average run blocker, severe drop off from Peters in that department. To be fair, he played an entire season (2010) on an iffy leg, had microfracture surgery after the '09 season. Instead of sitting out the year he fought through the pain and played. 09/10 are hard to evaluate because of his knee issues.
Good athlete, can handle speed rushers, a power end will give him fits, combine the two and it's an uphill battle. Allen destroyed him a couple of years ago, entire OL got its ass kicked though, lots of injuries that game.
Bell looked stronger to me this year, he was a much improved run blocker, he probably worked on his lower half more, something he couldn't do in previous seasons because of injuries. Looked good in the screen game.
I think he was finally turning the corner. Like him, if he can stay healthy he may be a good player. No end gave him trouble in 11, very solid. Chan masks the exterior OL issues by going with a quick pass game. Bell wasn't exposed much, QB doesn't take deep drops. Just needs to stay healthy.
Edit: He's no worse than someone like Bushrod. Actually, if everything pans out health wise, Bell can be a much better tackle than that scrub. Put a speed rusher opposite Bushrod and it's game over.
