Le’Veon Bell just wanted to play hooky.
The newly signed Jets running back now says he had only wanted to miss OTAs, training camp and the first game — not the entire Pittsburgh Steelers’ season, according to a report.
But Bell changed his mind when he found out the Steelers could place a franchise tag on him after the season regardless of whether or not he took the field, he told Sports Illustrated in an interview.
“At first I was literally thinking like, ‘I don’t want to play camp and OTAs’ because of the hurt in my body and I’m like, ‘I’m not playing,'” Bell told SI.