Bell Will Officially Sit Out 2018 Season
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Le’Veon Bell’s unprecedented stalemate has reached its climax.
Le’Veon Bell did not report to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday, the last official day for him to, and will now be forced to sit out the remainder of the 2018 season.
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ disgruntled running back made it clear last season that he wasn’t going to play on a franchise tag again. The All-Pro back made eye-opening remarks about the limits he would go ensure that wouldn’t be the case, and he made good on those words.
This in all likelihood will end Le’Veon Bell’s playing career in the Steel City and will be something that is talked about for quite some time.
Whether Bell should’ve returned to the Steelers or not this season is a question no one can justifiably answer one way or another.
In my opinion, both sides come away winners from it, with pundits likely looking at the former Michigan State Alum as the loser because he turned down $14.5 million contract for this season.
Some had thought Bell would return as early as Week 8 following the Pittsburgh Steelers bye week, but with no such movement made, the rumblings that Bell could do the unthinkable became a reality,
A messy situation indeed, the only way to follow this from Le’Veon Bell’s side is through his social media behavior, which on Twitter appeared as if he would report today to the Steelers.
Bell watched the Steelers’ games, praised players like JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Conner and even left Miami where he spent much of this season working out to return to Pittsburgh, where he was spotted in a Pittsburgh gym last week.
Maybe the worst part about it for Bell is that no one forgets history and Twitter is constantly at work.
If youu could sit out a year of a sport youu play and your not injured or somethin else is preventing youu to play, then youu don't love it!
— Le'Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) February 13, 2013
Ouch!
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