It was more of a plea from Le’Veon Bell to Adam Gase than any “Just Give Me the Damn Ball” demand.
Bell chose not to stand in the middle of the visiting locker room at Jacksonville’s TIAA Stadium and vent his anger and frustration over being a helpless afterthought (11 touches) in the Jets’ 29-15 loss to the Jaguars on Sunday and instead bolted before the media arrived so he would not regret what might have spewed from his lips.
He simply texted his head coach.
And his head coach basically told him: “My bad.