Bell’s agent was on Brady Quinn’s Sirius radio show and he intimated that Bell won’t be around for some of the regular season.
He doesn't sign by Saturday, he forfeits $852,000. That's nearly a million. Yeah, he'll show us.
Dude made $12MM last year, just over $16MM to date in his career. I wouldn't put having spent all of it past him, but I'm sure he has a decent amount laying around for him to live on. If he misses 10 games, costing himself $8.52MM, but avoids injury for 10 games and gets a $50+MM guaranteed contract next offseason, well I really don't think he's gonna care much about the money he's losing by not showing up. This is all about preserving his health and value. He's a complete moron who isn't going to be offered as much as he thinks he will, but I can see how he can rationalize it.