Why does Byron Bell still play?

[pantherclaw]

The entire oline sucked today.

Congrats to those veteran guys....they sure showed up today.

[rico6]

The only "Vets" that showed up today were the ones that protected our country.

[bleys]

I am absolutely convinced most of you don't pay attention and just assume most of what you know.

Bell has done decent for a UDFA, and didn't play too bad today. Most of te pressure came through the interior.

And seriously, Ziemba? Lol. The guy was horrid in the little time he got. The two series he put up againt Atlanta a few weeks back were probably worst individual performance I've seen by a player on this team in a long time.

Why don't you actually try watching what happens before you make ridiculous statements like this?

Tell me your thought process didn't go like this before creating this thread.

"Lol OL was bad today. Bell with penalty? Derp he suks it's all his fault!"

I have proven a few of those people certainly base most of their opinions on assumption..

majority of this forum is guilty of that.. it isn't just a theory, it's a fact.

[jtnc]

Actually i'd rather take a facemask penalty, than a full speed shot by a dlineman to Cam.

[JSouth]

The rest of the line can't cover for him..they try but then they get beat. He is not helping playing at rt and he needs to be moved over to a guard. Plus he doesn't look to confident and defenses know this and they are exploiting it.

[UNC-T]

Gameday loss threads are the worst.

[beastson]

Gameday loss threads are the worst.

Not as worst as their performance on the field

[BIGH2001]

http://hosted.stats.com/fb/playerstats.asp?id=25415&team=29

8 penalties in 9 games and only 5 starts. That has to be the worst in the league. If any of you can find an o lineman with a worse penalty to playing time ratio more power to you. this guy is a bum, rookie or not.

[Cyberjag]

I have proven a few of those people certainly base most of their opinions on assumption..

majority of this forum is guilty of that.. it isn't just a theory, it's a fact.

It's a fact that I think it's funny to see how many people defend Rivera left and right and then go to other threads and criticize his decisions without ever bringing his name up. :)

[Keith Moons Liver]

awesome play for an UDFA is apparently atrocious play for an NFL starter

I don't care where he was or wasn't drafted, we need competence at that position and we are not getting it.

[DaCityKats]

the entire line played like crap. their were several calls vs our OL and sacks giving up on 4 or 5 different OL guys.

[Guest Setfree1012]

I would say he's (Bell) is doing about what I expect. He's a rookie who would normally be a practice/rotational player. The penalties are very discouraging, but defenses game plan this type of stuff as far as attacking the least experienced player on our offensive line.

Thing is we're so beat up, he was all we had left. The Wharton to RT and Bell inside "sounds" like a good idea, but one would have to wonder how much that move could affect the overall chemistry of the OL, which for the most part has protected Cam well all season.

It's easy to point out his penalties especially on a bad day, but he isn't the reason we were losing 30-3 at the final whistle. CJ had a personal foul on what would've been a 4th and 13, I believe Anderson had a roughing the passer penalty (hand to helmet) on another potential 4th down stop. So just because he's a rookie and unproven he shouldn't start, when we likely don't have a better option (which I'm sure a professional coaching staff has potentially considered).

Personally I'm more upset with the staff for not doing a better job at eliminating these penalties, also I'm frustrated with the players for not executing, and maintaining composure. But this blame deserves everyone's attention, and we shouldn't single out a rookie UDFA who was "forced" to be a starter, when he should have been in a developmental year.

[jasonluckydog]

When you see that many penalties by the OL that means an ass kicking was going on and they couldn't stop it.

[whatever]

Seriously I can't believe this fat piece of trash is still playing. Can Wharton not move to tackle and at least put this slug at guard where he isn't facing a pass rush on every down.

i couldn't agree more. maybe it's not fair to expect a lot out of an undrafted free agent, but i expect it to be on #77 every time that a flag is thrown in the general area of a hold....and it usually turns out that that's the case.