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Jets got nothing for releasing Le'Veon Bell, and he gave them very little

Jets running back Le'Veon Bell walks off the field after an NFL game against the Bills on Sept. 13 in Orchard Park, N.Y. Credit: AP/Brett Carlsen

The nightmare continues.

With the 0-5 Jets careening toward one of the worst seasons in franchise history, the dysfunction wrought by misguided decisions at all levels of the organization yielded one more – but certainly not final – moment of ignominy: Le’Veon Bell, whose signing last year was trumpeted as a major fix for the team’s moribund offense, was released Tuesday night after general manager Joe Douglas failed to strike a trade for the 29-year-old running back.