Don't judge Le'Veon yet: How Bell could change old NFL thinking

Think what you will about Le'Veon Bell's decision to sit out the season in pursuit of free-agent riches, but the key word is "think."

It's tempting right now to retreat to your corner and settle into some insta-conclusion supported by decades of old, established NFL thinking: Bell's crazy. He overplayed his hand. He'll never get what he's looking for. He quit on his team. The Steelers are doing just fine without him. It's silly to pay running backs.

The facts are that this thing isn't over yet, that we can't see the future and that no final conclusions about Bell's gambit can be made until March, when we find out what kind of free-agent contract he ends up getting. If he gets a Todd…