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The post-draft edition!"Hey folks Terrell McClain Jersey 2019 , a pivotal class and it took some twists and turns, and now that we’ve had the weekend to digest it, here are some hot links and thoughts for your Monday morning.The Falcons landed seven new playersSeven out of nine possible selections, with the Falcons jumping all around the board in pursuit of the players they wanted. They wound up with:OG Chris LindstromOT Kaleb McGaryCB Kendall SheffieldDE John CominskyRB Qandree OllisonCB Jordan MillerRB/WR/KR/PR Marcus GreenThe team’s oft-stated commitment to improving the offensive line translated into two first round linemen, and that plus their free agent investments should (and better) translate to drastic improvement. Cominsky is expected to be a useful, versatile piece on the defensive line, Sheffield has sky-high potential as an athlete with length at cornerback, Miller might take a year but offers a similarly exciting profile and might be more polished in coverage right now, and Ollison is an absolute battering ram with some speed to join a rebuilt running back groups. Green, who might be my favorite pick of the draft Jordan Miller Atlanta Falcons Jersey , is a hyper-versatile offensive piece with blazing speed who should be considered an early favorite to be the team’s returner.Did this class land all the players I wanted? No, but that never happens. Did it attack all the positional groupings I thought were most important? Not even close. Did it land the Falcons seven genuinely talented players in a year where the Falcons themselves are acutely aware of how costly failure will be? Yes, and after their recent classes, I’m willing to let this one play out.Undrafted free agents galoreWhile the team hasn’t made anything official to this point, they’ve been linked to a host of interesting undrafted players since the draft ended on Saturday. Here’s the list we know of: UDFA ContractsBoise St. DL Durrant MilesVirginia WR Olamide ZaccheausSan Diego St. S Parker BaldwinUCF CB Rashard CauseyTemple OL Jaelin RobinsonIllinois LB Del’Shawn PhillipsFerris St. OL Devon JohnsonSouthern Arkansas DL DaVondrick LisonTexas Tech DL Preston GordonWake Forest DL Willie YarbaryUAB TE Logan ScottCincinnati WR Kahlil LewisAlabama A&M Yurik BethuneGeorgia WR Jayson StanleyNorthwest Missouri St. WR Shawn Bane Jr.Oregon RB Tony Brooks-JamesUAB LB Tre Crawford IIIPenn State LS Kyle VaseyTulsa C Chandler MillerCamp Tryouts Clarion DL Alec HeldrethGeorgia TE Jackson HarrisGeorgia St. S Sean FreemanFlorida G Tyler JordanSavannah St. CB Brandon BaileyVanderbilt TE/WR Sam DobbsNorthern Iowa QB Eli DunneWho’s your favorite on the list? We’re team Parker Baldwin at safety and Olamide Zaccheus at wide receiver, personally, and the Falcons have largely shied away from some of Kevin Knight’s top targets. The Falcons aren’t done with their current group The Falcons’ reported interest in linebacker Quincy Williams in the third round indicates they aren’t totally satisfied with their linebacker group, and their defensive end and center groupings could probably use some enhancement as well. Even with a 90 man roster and plenty of interesting UDFAs on their way in, don’t expect the Falcons to stand pat. And here’s the current rosterNuff said. It’s official: Le’Veon Bell won’t play for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season. He had until 4 p.m. Tuesday to end his months-long holdout, but decided against it 2019 Jordan Miller Jersey , according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.That probably won’t derail the Steelers, who are rolling without him, but Bell may have just forever changed the way big-name players play hardball with teams.Bell, who was a Pro Bowler in 2014, 2016, and 2017, still hasn’t had a chance to negotiate his worth as a free agent. His rookie contract expired in 2017, but the Steelers used the franchise tag to keep him in Pittsburgh and then did the same in 2018. But by sitting out, he gives the Steelers few options to keep him for another year.A third franchise tag would pay Bell like a franchised quarterback — a number that was over $23 million in 2018. That’s an unrealistic figure for the Steelers and leaves only the transition tag as a way to keep Bell, assuming they can’t blow him away with a contract offer. That might not even be an avenue the Steelers want to pursue. The transition tag isn’t cheap and wouldn’t even guarantee Bell stays.Regardless Jordan Miller Atlanta Falcons Jersey , the Steelers probably won’t be able to keep Bell from negotiating on the open market and signing the biggest offer he can find. Bell probably accomplished his goalsThere were two big objectives of Bell’s holdout:1. Get paid the big bucks. That was the whole point, right? Pittsburgh offered a five-year, $70 million deal to Bell that looks glossy from a distance, but wasn’t nearly as lucrative when you read between the lines. It did little to guarantee he’d even see a quarter of that $70 million. By comparison, Todd Gurley’s four-year, $60 million extension included $45 million in guarantees.Now Bell is going to do what he’s wanted to do from the beginning: let the free market determine his worth. There are a few reasons teams may hesitate to offer big money. His holdout, the value of the running back position, and the emergence of James Conner — which may have proven Bell didn’t transform the Steelers offense as much as it seemed — all could dissuade potential buyers.But it’ll only take a few interested teams in his All-Pro skillset to foster a bidding war that drives up his price. He’ll almost definitely get to see that market. 2. Dodge wear and tear. Rams receiver Cooper Kupp became the 48th player to suffer a torn ACL during the 2018 season when he went down in Week 10. There’s a tremendous amount of injury risk for players in the NFL, and the Steelers weren’t going to keep Bell’s mileage down.In 2017, he led the NFL with 406 touches Womens Jordan Miller Jersey , making him the only player in the last three seasons to exceed 400. Gurley is on pace this season to finish with a league-leading 381 touches.The emergence of Conner cut down on his potential usage, but with Bell likely to leave, the Steelers didn’t have much reason to make sure there’s still tread on the tires. Bell avoided that.It’s a path others stars could now followBell wasn’t the only player who held out this year. Earl Thomas, Aaron Donald, and Khalil Mack all missed training camp and preseason, and a few others sat for a while in the summer too. Each of those players had a completely different outcome to their holdout.Donald got the contract he was aiming for. Thomas begrudgingly showed up and then broke his leg in Week 4. Mack was traded to the Bears, who gave him the deal he was hoping for.All three validated the idea of holding out. Donald and Mack showed leveraging your skills can force a team to open up their wallet, and Thomas’ injury showed why players don’t want to report without a new contract. Bell took it to a new level by putting his foot down and threatening to sit an entire year. Just the fear that other players could follow suit may end up helping players. Consider this explanation of the Mack trade, from Raiders owner Mark Davis, via ESPN:The trade ended up making Mack the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history.Bell isn’t the first to sit out an entire season — defensive linemen Sean Gilbert did it in 1997 and got a record-breaking contract as a consequence. But two decades later Black Grady Jarrett Jersey , franchise tag rules are different. Unlike when Gilbert held out, multiple uses of the franchise tag launch the cost and put pressure on teams. It chased Kirk Cousins out of Washington, but Bell is the first to really leverage that against a team.The messy impasse between the Steelers and Bell could mean the rules for franchise tags are a subject of discussion in the negotiation of the next collective bargaining agreement in 2021.But for now, if future players want blockbuster deals — or at least the chance to pursue one in free agency — there’s a blueprint in place. Thanks to Bell, holding out as long as necessary is a strategy other star players can use to get paid what they deserve.