BillsWatch Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 IMO, if they try to put Joel Bell on the PS he won't make it out of waivers. "Lindy's Pro Football Draft" magazine has him listed as their; SMALL SCHOOL STUD; Remember Bell's name for two or three years down the road. He has a ton of potential, but it will take some time to unearth it because he got a late start after living overseas. I don't know if it will take him three years to get to be starter material. He got a 29/40 on his first Wonderlic and a 23/37 on his next. He sounds intelligent enough and could develop faster. There's alway some surprise UFA's in every draft. It would be very cool if he was one of them. They said same thing about Peters not passing waivers but he was waived and signed to practice squad first time. Of course Peters did not have the same intellectual capacity Bell supposedly has as rated by Wonderlic. Bell has not had the football training many of his competitors have had not starting football until 10th or 11th grade in 2001. He is a project but unlike some who already have had a lot of specialist training has more room for improvement. He was a Cowboy fan since days overseas so maybe we can get a gem we can trade with Jerry Jones for a 1st, a 4th and latter pick another year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Check the Photo of Bell blocking in a drill in todays Buffalo News. I don't know if he can play but he is really built perfectly for an OT. I don't think I have seen a player with longer arms than he has. I already know he has good feet, the big question mark is his toughness and run blocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 They said same thing about Peters not passing waivers but he was waived and signed to practice squad first time. Of course Peters did not have the same intellectual capacity Bell supposedly has as rated by Wonderlic. Bell has not had the football training many of his competitors have had not starting football until 10th or 11th grade in 2001. He is a project but unlike some who already have had a lot of specialist training has more room for improvement. He was a Cowboy fan since days overseas so maybe we can get a gem we can trade with Jerry Jones for a 1st, a 4th and latter pick another year. Peters was a fat TE that nobody thought would turn into a PB tackle. I think other teams know he's a project but has all the tools and is going for the same position he played in college. In the ask Tim Graham thread I'll see if he knows how many teams were bidding for his services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Peters was a fat TE that nobody thought would turn into a PB tackle. I think other teams know he's a project but has all the tools and is going for the same position he played in college. In the ask Tim Graham thread I'll see if he knows how many teams were bidding for his services. That's not really true. Peters was supposed to be drafted, and some of the mocks had him going in the third or fourth round. The problem was that teams didnt know what position he was going to play, TE or OT. He wasn't a polished receiver but had good hands. He didn't have good coaching in school. Teams just didnt know where he would play which hurt him greatly but a lot of pundits and draftniks and scouts thought he had a lot of potential at both positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 This guy is a sasquatch!! 6'7", 315. Above average combine performance...good speed, agility, and quickness for a big fella. It could be an interesting training camp for him. http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/joel-bell?id=79531 Somebody picked him in the 3rd, in this year's TSW 3 round mock draft... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinii Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 That's becuse Peters was a 280-pound TE at the time. If Bell shows that he's not out of place at camp this summer, I gotta believe a guy with his movement skills/size ratio will be on some team's radar screen (as also shown by the Bills 3-year contract, which suggests there was something of a mini bidding war for him). Whenever I look at a picture of this kid, I think of Jon Runyan for some reason (granted, I may be overly-optimistic, since Runyan played at a football factory like Michigan and Bell needs time to learn the NFL game). May he learn quickly and make us all forget about what's his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsWatch Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 That's not really true. Peters was supposed to be drafted, and some of the mocks had him going in the third or fourth round. Mock drafts are called that for a reason - they are mockeries of reality. At end of 7th day Mel had his "best of players" list and he kept citing players he had listed in low 100s which were not picked by any teams. 32 teams passed on Jason Peters and no team thought he was worth a draft pick for multiple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fewell733 Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 probably practice squad. give him a year to learn and get stronger. he can always be brought up in a pinch. This year Demetrius Bell gets his chance as a regular on the active roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Mock drafts are called that for a reason - they are mockeries of reality. At end of 7th day Mel had his "best of players" list and he kept citing players he had listed in low 100s which were not picked by any teams. 32 teams passed on Jason Peters and no team thought he was worth a draft pick for multiple times. Because they didnt know if he was a TE or OT. If he was a TE and they didnt need one, they wouldn't draft him. If they were looking for a TE but didnt know if he could play it and was better suited to OT, it may have been a wasted pick. There were all kinds of stories on him before the draft being an exceptional athlete without a position, and people on here and other boards and for other teams were clamoring for us to draft him. Then when he wasn't drafted, people were all over the fact of signing him immediately. The point is, he really didn't come completely out of nowhere, he was known to be a huge and athletic player with a lot of skills but no true position and not well coached. Gil Brandt had him rated the 7th best TE http://www.packers.com/news/stories/2004/04/19/3/ He was the #7 TE on scout.com http://profootball.scout.com/a.z?s=127&...&nid=776393 #5 on Walterfootball http://walterfootball.com/draft2004P.php The Brandt story was interesting because apparently at the combine, Peters went around telling people that he would rather play tackle than TE and he boasted that he would be the best tackle out of the draft class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I feel like this exact same story was written 14 years ago, but about this guy: http://www.databasefootball.com/players/pl...lkid=ROCKWMIK01 Bucky Gleason should stick to hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conch Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 That's not really true. Peters was supposed to be drafted, and some of the mocks had him going in the third or fourth round. The problem was that teams didnt know what position he was going to play, TE or OT. He wasn't a polished receiver but had good hands. He didn't have good coaching in school. Teams just didnt know where he would play which hurt him greatly but a lot of pundits and draftniks and scouts thought he had a lot of potential at both positions. I read a lot on Peters prior to his draft. The big knock on Peters, some had as one on the top TE's in that class, is that he was lazy and undisciplined and hated to work out. Only after his senior season when it was time to put up or get a real job up did he go back to U of Arkansas and start working out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I feel like this exact same story was written 14 years ago, but about this guy: http://www.databasefootball.com/players/pl...lkid=ROCKWMIK01 Good memory, but Rockwood played at even a lower level of competition and wasn't as athletic as Bell. Stiff as a board, IIRC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy JC Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 His measureables are pretty significant. Seems like the only thing that was holding him back from having a higher rating was the fact that he played in a conference that did not have him playing against elite competition. He faced UNC as a soph, Clemson as a jr, and Va Tech as a sr. Oh, and App St. as a conference rival. Ask Michigan what they think about the competition in the Southern Conference. Yes he was a man playing among boys but when the competition was elite, so was his play. As a Clemson fan it drove me crazy to see our DEs totally stonewalled by this beast. I would rate his chances of making the roster as pretty good. Quality NFL coaching will produce a pro bowl level player in a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasBB Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 So, if both Bells happen to somehow earning starting positions, do we name the offensive line the "Bell Ringers"? Sorry, had to say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Daddy JC Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 So, if both Bells happen to somehow earning starting positions, do we name the offensive line the "Bell Ringers"? Sorry, had to say it. If it gets us back to the playoffs we'll call them Bell-issimo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 They could be called Tackle Bells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 The Bell Towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 The Bell Towers. That's the one. As for an individual nickname for this Bell, how 'bout 'the Townhouse'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 That's the one. As for an individual nickname for this Bell, how 'bout 'the Townhouse'. Not bad. Or if they ever become bookend tackles we could call whoever plays left tackle "The West Tower" and the right tackle "The East Tower." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 The Bell Towers. All I know is that we need more Cow Bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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