Decent article, but for someone that is writing an article talking about fantasy football stats and paper champions, he then bases his entire article on stats and paper numbers seems a bit hypocritical to me. What stats never do is tell the whole picture, especially about someone like Bell. Stats don't address their blocking ability that protects the QB. Stats don't show that teams rarely cover Bell out of the backfield with a LB and almost always assign a DB or Safety to him. This frees up a defender on Brown, JuJu, or Bryant and sets us up for success in the passing game. His delayed running style should actually be very beneficial in the play-action passing game, but Haley was not a fan of the play-action pass for whatever reason. As for his running game, for someone his size, Bell is actually pretty good at getting the tough yards and finding the sticks. He definitely lacks the explosiveness and speed to break long runs, but that type of speed is becoming harder to find as the LB, DB, and S are all getting faster and able to run down plays better. I would not break the bank to pay a running back, especially given the deficiencies we have on the defensive side of the ball, but that article does not tell the whole picture.
