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The Saints faced their first big decision since the start of free agency after restricted free agent Mike Bell, whom they tendered at the lowest level of $1.176 million, signed an offer sheet with the Philadelphia Eagles.

After Bell received a reported one-year, $1.7 million offer sheet from the Eagles, which includes $500,000 in guaranteed money, the Saints have until Tuesday to match the offer or allow Bell to walk with no compensation.

While they gave no early indication on which way they might go, the Saints could let their second-leading rusher from 2009 leave for two big reasons.

First, they’re deep at the position with Pierre Thomas, Reggie Bush and Lynell Hamilton.

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Hall of Famer DeLamielleure Rips Brees in Open Letter

“There’s some guys out there that have made bad business decisions. They took their pensions early because they never went out and got a job. They’ve had a couple divorces and they’re making payments to this place and that place. And that’s why they don’t have money. And they’re coming to us to basically say, Please make up for my bad judgment.” – Drew Brees
When I interviewed Hall of Famer Joe DeLamielleure last July, he told me current players “have no clue” about retired players’ issues.  He said, “Half of them (current players) don’t even know who Walter Peyton is.  You think these young kids are going to bite the hand that feeds them?”
DeLamielleure says Drew Brees’ offer to give two seats on the NFLPA Board of Player Representatives is “window dressing.”  In an open letter to Drew Brees featured on Fourthandgoalunites.com, the Hall of Famer sad the resolution was a farce because the two seats would be non-voting.  “Retired players may be sitting at the table, but when it comes time to vote….. We have to sit quietly in the corner and watch.”
DeLamielleure covers a variety of issues in his letter including health care benefits for retired players compared to current players.  The Hall of Famer notes that Tom Condon, Brees’ agent, sits on the NFLPA appointments to the Board that reviews claims for disability.  He also attacks Brees’ commitment to increase health benefits when “in 1993, there wasn’t much of a plan to speak of.”
In the Letter, DeLamielleure goes at Brees like he’s Joe Greene.  The former Buffalo Bills lineman went as far as to say Brees has been silent on certain issues because of his agent.  He said:
“Why would you want to continue a system that gave $462 Million in guaranteed bonuses to the first 32 players selected in last years draft? Those guys had never played a single down in the NFL. This year it will happen again and that is a slap in the face of all retired players who built the foundations of the NFL that you are now standing on………and benefitting from.  Would your silence on this issue have anything to do with the fact that Tom Condon is your agent and that he would stand to lose millions of dollars if the rookie wage cap was put in place. I certainly hope not.”
Joe D wraps up his open letter with disgust toward many current players saying, “Like a lot of retired players, I’m sick and tired of hearing multi-millionaire players talk about increasing their own benefits, while at the same time giving lip service to retired players.”
NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said after being elected that he “represented retired players,” which, of course by the laws of the NFLPA, he doesn’t.  But, if the NFLPA thinks its going to gain retired players on their side in the upcoming collective bargaining agreement, thus far, they aren’t doing so well.
 

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