Le’Veon Bell lost a lot of fans well before he was even out of Pittsburgh. In fact, he started pretty early on, after he was arrested with LeGarrett Blount following his breakout 2014 season. His subsequent contract disputes with the Steelers and finally his decision not to report to the team—also while declining to inform them of his intentions—left a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths.
Last year after signing with the New York Jets, for some reason he felt the urge to pile on, leveling some accusations against the organization and against some former teammates, such as Ben Roethlisberger, and suggesting that the Steelers made him feel unwelcome, a characterization that was never corroborated.