Jamal Adams wasn’t the only Jet to recruit Le’Veon Bell. Quarterback Sam Darnold also contacted Bell during free agency, and he helped get the playmaker in a Jets uniform.
Darnold has put himself on good footing with the Jets’ new star. This is a significant development since Bell, in an interview with Sports Illustrated, said he didn’t have the kind of relationship he wanted with Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Bell revealed it was “a factor” in him leaving Pittsburgh for the Jets.
“I would have liked it to be more open, more genuine, more real, like we’re friends, like we’re teammates,” said Bell, who is featured on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated.