Bouchette Spreads Mythical Babble about Kendrell Bell
In a
PG article today, Ted Bouchette, the babbling bumbler, once again tried his best to spread ribald bullshit.Claimed Douchette, �But, after being named the NFL's Defensive Rookie of the Year, Kendrell Bell never was the same productive player. He became one-dimensional because he never learned the defense and was eventually let go in free agency.
What a load of bull. Typical Bouchette. The problem with Bell wasn�t his �learning of the defense.� His problem was having the physiological brittleness of a saltine cracker and muscle flexibility of a two-by-four. The man was stiff, brittle, and prone to injury more so than an elderly 93-year old woman suffering from osteoporosis.
After playing in all 16 games as a rookie, Bell missed 4 games in 2002 and played sparingly in 3 others that season, including the playoff loss to the Titans.
His health returned in �03, where he started all 16 games. He �learned the defense� well enough in �03 to finish second on the team with 108 tackles (88 solo). Versus Balt. that season, he had four tackles, a pass defensed, forced a Jamal Lewis fumble, and intercepted his first pass that he returned 42 yards. He made 11 (eleven) tackles vs. Tennessee in late Sept. He tied a career high with 12 tackles (10 solo) and had a 19-yard interception return on a lateral from safety Burnt Alexander vs. Cleveland in Oct. Bell nabbed 11 tackles later in the season at Cleveland, and 10 tackles at the N.Y. Jets. He was more than adequate that season and there NEVER was an issue about �learning the defense�.
But in 2004, the BrittleMeister played in only 3 games due to a groin problem and other ailments, and missed both playoff games to boot. At this point, the Steelers had been burned by throwing big money after non-productive stiffs like Jason GilDong, and they wisely were wary of throwing big money at an injury-prone LB that had difficulty keeping out of the hot tub. Further, the injuries and lack of flexibility had robbed Bell of his explosiveness, which was his #1 attribute.
That was it, and NOTHING MORE, despite any babbling rhetoric you might hear from Bouchette or his gimpy media buddies at The Trib and the PG.
This is merely another in the long line of myths and folklore that Stillers.com has debunked since our inception in 1999. In fact, a major factor in starting this web site was for that very purpose -- to expose mythical babble and separate folklore from reality.
A sampling of some of the myths Stillers.com has exposed over the years:
- �Kevin Gilbride�s offense is built upon throwing the ball downfield�
- �Jason Gildon is double teamed on virtually every play, and sometimes even triple-teamed.�
- �Jerome Bettis is a great playoff performer.�
- "James Farrior is the Winged God of LB Coverage".
- �Jason Gildon is a great all-around LB and one of the greatest in the league and well worth the $24M the Steelers signed him to in Feb. 2002�
- �Billy Cowher is a great playoff coach.�
- "Casey Hampton weighs 310 pounds.�
- �In 2006, Joey Porter drops back into coverage on just about every play.�
- �In 2007, Casey Hampton is DOUBLE-teamed on every single running play.�
Just toss Bouchette�s latest myth on the stack of others exposed by Stillers.com. And, if Larry Timmons rots the bench because of such bullshit rationale about "learning the defense", you'll be hearing an earful from Stillers.com exposing the weak-assed, fraudulent play of Larry Slow-a-Foote.
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