Le’Veon Bell expects Metlife Stadium to be “packed” with Steelers fans on Sunday. He anticipates feeling the love but also hearing plenty of boos.
“It’ll probably be 50-50,” he said. “Half will be happy to see me and still love me and half that hate me and despise me. I’m going to show love regardless. Everybody that’s wearing my jersey, I’m going to go sign it and things like that. It’ll be fun.”
This is the first time Bell will face his former team since signing with the Jets. He spent his first five NFL seasons with the Steelers and made three Pro Bowls, but he sat out all of last season because of a contract dispute with Pittsburgh, drawing backlash from some of his former teammates for bailing on them.