Le’Veon Bell’s return to the field wasn’t much of a headline any way shape or form, but it was when he got off the field and took to Twitter.
After the Jets’ suffered their fifth straight loss, Bell was seen liking tweets that said head coach Adam Gase needed to use him more than the one target he got in the loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
During a conference call with reporters, Gase addressed Bell’s actions, saying that he wished frustrated players would just come to him instead of going on social media.
The Adam Gase-Le’Veon Bell relationship has been rocky ever since reports surfaced stating Gase didn’t want Bell during the 2019 offseason, but former GM Mike Maccagnan went and got him anyway.
“No, I haven’t had a chance to speak with him on those specific topics yet. It is what it is,” Gase explained. “I know he’s frustrated that we haven’t won. Wasn’t necessarily the plan of not targeting him in the pass game. Just kinda ended up being that way because of how they were playing us. That’s what it is. You just got to try to find ways to move the football, that’s all we’re trying to do. Doesn’t always go exactly as planned.
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“I get it in the aspect of players getting frustrated when they feel like they should be targeted more or getting more touches. There’s a lot of guys feeling that way and we just got to go back to work and figure out ways to get our guys involved.”
Bell had 60 yards rushing on 13 carries in his return while his only reception went for seven yards.
