The Bills need a win and they’re in the 2019 playoffs, one way or another.
With three games left, the Buffalo will have a chance to defeat the Steelers, Patriots, and another AFC East rival, the Jets, to clinch that postseason berth.
If it comes down to the Jets in their season finale, they’ll be facing a team that has had continual growing levels of frustration from one of their most talented players, running back Le’Veon Bell.
Up until recently, Bell’s frustrations were known, but he hasn’t been a distraction. Now he is.
As Jets Wire reports, Bell, who missed Week 14 due to the flu, was actually spotted bowling the same weekend he sat out, just a few days ago.
Now the Jets running back got behind the microphones and spoke his mind. He doesn’t think he’s getting his touches, something everyone has known to be true.
“Honestly, no. I think that’s just being in a new system, with new guys up front, a new coaching staff,” Bell told reporters on Tuesday. “I’m with a new organization. Everything kind of takes time, I understand that. That’s why I’ve always been patient.
“But to be honest with you, no. I feel like when I do, I’ll be back to what people are used to seeing.”
With his comments, Bell appears to be walking the line with the Jets. Could the former All-Pro be one-and-done in New York? It seems so. While he complained about touches in a calm tone, those are still complaints.
Per various reports, New York head coach Adam Gase never wanted to sign him, that was the work of former GM Mike Maccagnan. At this year’s trade deadline, other rumors suggested the Jets were trying to trade Bell.
But with the Bills in mind, how will Bell’s temperament be in three weeks when his team rounds out the regular season in Buffalo? Could his distraction lead to an easy win for the Bills, in a potential must-win scenario for the Bills?
Most in the western New York region will hope that’s not the case for the Bills, but if it is, those same folks will welcome any pending distractions for the Jets in that one.
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