Le’Veon Bell says he’ll try an NFL comeback, and he is solely serious about taking part in for one group.
The working again, who hasn’t performed within the NFL since 2021 and has launched into a boxing profession lately, expressed his intentions for an NFL return in a collection of Snapchat movies posted Friday night time.
Bell, who turns 32 later this month, stated he’ll begin coaching for his comeback in March, and though he did not point out the one group he would play for, it is clear he is referring to the Pittsburgh Steelers based mostly on his previous feedback.
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“And I am gonna be trustworthy with myself, I obtained to go on the market and be like, I’ll put my foot within the floor. Do I really feel it? Am I hurting? Can I am going on the market and actually play once more? And bro, I am telling you all proper now once I go on the market and practice in March and if I hit April and I make this choice to come back again to play within the NFL once more, mark my phrases down — I will probably be higher than I ever was.
“And I’ll solely come again for that one group. You all know who it’s. I haven’t got to say no group. You all know who it’s.”
The Steelers appear to be set at working again with Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren underneath contract, so it is unknown if they’d have an curiosity in a reunion.
Bell had a messy exit, sitting out the 2018 season after refusing to signal his franchise tag. However final 12 months, in a video posted to social media, he apologized to Steelers followers.
“I by no means apologized to the followers for sitting out, or leaving the Steelers,” Bell stated within the video. “I by no means apologized. So, I wish to say I apologize for leaving the perfect rattling followers there’s on this rattling world. I should not have left. I apologize, I ought to by no means have left. I apologize. That is my fault. That is on me.”
Bell was a three-time Professional Bowl choice, was twice a first-team All-Professional with the Steelers and is ranked fourth in franchise historical past with 5,336 dashing yards. Nevertheless, after lacking the 2018 season, he by no means regained that kind. He signed with the New York Jets as a free agent in 2019 earlier than being launched the next season and taking part in for 3 different groups in 2020 and 2021.
He stated final 12 months on the “Metal Right here” podcast that becoming a member of the Jets made him notice that “head coaches make an enormous distinction” and made him admire Mike Tomlin’s impression on the Steelers.
In 2022 he confronted fellow working again Adrian Peterson in a boxing match and scored a technical knockout within the fifth spherical.
