Big Momma always said to be careful acting a fool with folks because at some point it’ll come back to bite you in the butt. Well playas…ole Le’Veon Bell got bit on Tuesday when the Jets decided enough was enough.
Head coach Adam Gase wasn’t about to have an Antonio Brown situation on his hands when he washed them clean of Bell on Tuesday. Ole boy was frustrated because he felt like he should have been a bigger part of the offense on Sunday and called Gase out on Twitter. Bad move playa.
When they signed him in March of 2019 Gase didn’t necessarily want him but took him anyway on a 4-year deal worth $52 million after he sat out most of the 2018 season with the Steelers trippin’.
Now he’s looking for a darn job again when he could have still been with the Steelers winning and getting paid. These cats are something else.
He OFFICIALLY lost his mind at the beginning of the 2018 season when he decided that it made sense to turn down a 5 year $70 million deal with $17 million guaranteed. Let’s start there. Then the Steelers put him on the franchise tag for $14.5 for that season GUARANTEED and he decided to sit out because he wanted a long term deal. But they had already offered him a long term deal. So the dun loses all of that guaranteed bread being a kid that can’t obviously count.
Keep in mind that he played on a franchise tag in 2017 for $12.12 million. Just so we’re as clear as Vodka on this, he made a guaranteed $12.12 million the year before he sat out. Money is money.
So he leaves one of the best franchises in the NFL to play for one of the worst franchises in the history of the league for $20 million less than what was offered in Pittsburgh only to be cut a year later because he won’t just shut up and do what they’ve asked him to do. Again, money is money. If you don’t believe me go sit down with Antonio Brown right now and ask him.
Le’Veon chose to be in New York with the Jets. He could have easily still been with the Steelers getting paid and winning being the featured back. Now he’s standing outside looking in like Fred Flintstone banging on the door. He’ll get picked up by somebody but they’ll pay him peanuts because he’s got no leverage right now.
Yes, the Jets still owe him $6 million but they’ve paid him nowhere near the $52 million that he initially signed for. So how much bread did Le’Veon really lose from 2018 to now? Now the Steelers are going to mess around and re-sign him for a bag of Skittles some Funyuns and a red pop and work the crap out of him and that’s the edited version. Shaking my darn head. Stop me when I start lyin’!