Le'Veon Bell Could Miss First 4 Games

[Greg Ambrosius]

Wow, what a bombshell. Le'Veon Bell will reportedly miss the first 4 games of the NFL season to a suspension for a failed drug test. He is appealing this, so the supension isn't guaranteed, but this is HUGE news for Steeler Nation and the fantasy football industry. See the continuing story below:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17124 ... -drug-test

It's not a failed drug test, but a missed test is just as bad according to the NFL. We'll have to await more news, but now what? Bell has been going in the first round continuously and had moved up to 5th in our ADP and 4th in a lot of recent drafts. Where do you take a top back now who could miss almost a third of the regular season? This gets tricky now.

Where do you take Bell if he's suspended 4 games?

[Yah Mule]

To further cloud the water @ running back, Ezekiel Elliott's girlfriend just posted pictures to Instagram of bruises all over her body. She didn't name Elliott specifically, but the implication is clear.

[Greg Ambrosius]

To further cloud the water @ running back, Ezekiel Elliott's girlfriend just posted pictures to Instagram of bruises all over her body. She didn't name Elliott specifically, but the implication is clear.

The Zero Running Back strategy is REALLY in play now. Yikes.

[BillyWaz]

Since he didn't FAIL a test, my prediction is it gets reduced to 2 games, and we are in the same boat as last year.

If it is reduced, he becomes a late first rounder (9-12), IMO.

[ForLoveOfTheGame]

Todd Gurley owns every where are rejoicing lol

[Greg Ambrosius]

Since he didn't FAIL a test, my prediction is it gets reduced to 2 games, and we are in the same boat as last year.

If it is reduced, he becomes a late first rounder (9-12), IMO.

Yeah, but the fact that he missed multiple drug tests isn't like he missed one drug test. I don't think the NFL goes light on this, but we'll see. Unfortunately, now we have to draft not even knowing if he is going to be suspended 2 or 4 games, which puts early drafts in an even foggier atmosphere.

And that goes for Elliott now. The NFL doesn't wait for the legal system to make a ruling before they act on domestic abuse charges. Now where does he go in drafts?

I'm looking forward to tonight's drafts. Is anyone getting bargains with all of this information out there? We'll see tonight.

[BLACKHAND]

If this is true about Ezekiel Elliott, which we do not know yet the NFL is not going to let some rookie start his professional career like this. They are going to drop the hammer on him.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Adam Schefter just said on ESPN that the one failed drug test by Bell happened after he had knee surgery. He failed to make the drug test after that and will likely argue that the test should have come to him. However, ESPN's Dan Graziano is saying that he would have had to have missed multiple tests for the 4-game suspension to be applied. Let's see what happens in the appeal here, but maybe there's something more to this MISSED drug test than we know now. Crazy situation.

If this holds up, his next offense could lead to a 1-year suspension. Oh boy.

[BillyWaz]

Adam Schefter just said on ESPN that the one failed drug test by Bell happened after he had knee surgery. He failed to make the drug test after that and will likely argue that the test should have come to him. However, ESPN's Dan Graziano is saying that he would have had to have missed multiple tests for the 4-game suspension to be applied. Let's see what happens in the appeal here, but maybe there's something more to this MISSED drug test than we know now. Crazy situation.

If this holds up, his next offense could lead to a 1-year suspension. Oh boy.

Dynasty owners of Bell can't be happy......

[Greg Ambrosius]

Well, Michael Irvin says Zeke didn't do anything, so there's that.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... ationship/

This one looks stranger and more suspicious than the Bell incident. We may need a little time for all of this to straighten out, but in the meantime there's drafts to run!!