Although Le’Veon Bell‘s decision to sit out the 2018 season has caused people in the league to question “his character, competitiveness and motivation”, the Jets must go hard after Bell in free agency, opines Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News. Mehta writes that the Jets have a “golden opportunity” to get Sam Darnold another weapon, and quotes several of Bell’s former teammates who swear by him.
Jets defensive tackle Steve McLendon, who played with Bell in Pittsburgh, told Mehta “when he steps foot in this building, you’re going to get 100 percent from the guy” and that he would “bring the best out of so many people.” Mehta writes that the team “would be foolish not to make an aggressive run at Bell”, and he would fit right in with the New York media market. Jets GM Mike Maccagnan has said repeatedly that he plans to be aggressive using New York’s salary cap space this offseason, so Bell being a Jet is a very real possibility.
Here’s more from the AFC:
- Despite the team’s surprise announcement yesterday that John Harbaugh would return to coach the Ravens in 2019 and that the team hoped to work out an extension with him, the two sides haven’t had any talks on an extension yet, according to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports. La Canfora seems to think that an extension is still far from a guarantee, and writes that “numerous significant matters would have to be resolved” before any deal could get done. It will be an interesting situation to monitor, especially if the Ravens end up missing the playoffs.
- After breaking his ankle in practice, Browns offensive line coach Bob Wylie had successful surgery and is recovering well the team announced, per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network (Twitter link). Wylie, who became a fan favorite due to his starring turn on this year’s season of HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’, is “questionable at best” for this weekend’s game, according to the team’s announcement.
- The Texans will be without to key offensive playmakers for their pivotal game against the Eagles tomorrow, as the team ruled out running back Lamar Miller and receiver Keke Coutee for the game, according to James Palmer of NFL Network (Twitter link). Coutee has been out for a few weeks now, but this will be Houston’s first game without Miller in the backfield. It’ll likely be a lot of Alfred Blue against a tough Philadelphia defensive front.
Obv the guy knows nothing as he gave less then 0% this year what happens in his next deal when he thinks he’s worth more? He’ll sit out again and prove the pos he is.
Less “than” 0% actually. Just as long as we’re trolling.
Le’Veon is gonna get paid but this was a lose-lose. Steelers have an injury prone Conner and Le’Veon looks selfish.
you also seem like a POS
As well as you
Forget seems. You definitely are.
Your mother doesn’t mind
Don’t blame a guy who didn’t sign the offer. Pittsburgh wasn’t giving him a deal and 400 plus carries this year would of killed any future earnings. They didn’t care why should he. It is a business and when the team says “ Goodbye” it is ok. When a player says enough then they are selfish.
Exactly… How many people called Gronk selfish when threatened to retire? Patriots sweetened the pot and he showed up. He made a business decision a no one says a word. Players have the right to determine what they think they are worth, just like the Avg person in any other field. People negotiate, turn down jobs in other fields all the time.
Players can think they are worth more than they actually are and fans have the right to think they are stupid and selfish. You don’t like that? Cry me a river.
No one complained when the Browns shipped their RB to Jags. In the offseason, they signed Hyde to a 3 year deal and he was there around 6 months.
i guessno one has been fired . since when do a company give you a years notice.. or i guess no one here has ever quit a job.. come on people live in todays world..
Someone is going to pay Bell, that’s just the way it goes. As for the Ravens, they need to keep Harbaugh. You can’t change your system. Lamar is going to need a stable environment. Look at Flacco, when he came in they kept changing OC who seemed to always have a different system and he couldnt get into any because they kept changing it. So they need to keep Harbaugh and the OC if they want him to succeed.