Le’Veon Bell, who last played in the NFL in 2021, made some statements over the weekend on a podcast steel hereWhich focuses on talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The running back, who played five seasons with the Steelers, admitted to smoking marijuana before NFL games.
Bell said, “Looking back, that’s what I did.” “When I played football, I used to smoke, bro. Even before games, I was smoking and going out and running for 150, two (touchdowns),” said Bell, who from 2013- 17 for Pittsburgh and then sidelined an entire season due to a contract dispute before signing with the new . York Jets. in 2019 (and two games in 2020).
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He criticizes his former coach
Bell also criticized then-Jets coach Adam Gase.
Bell said, “Brother, we get to New York and that’s when you know right away that coaches make a big difference.”
In that 2019 season, the Jets finished with a 7–9 record; Bell led the team in rushing yards with 789 and just three touchdowns.
“The team wasn’t that great, don’t get me wrong, but I feel like if coach (Mike) Tomlin (of the Steelers) had been running that team, we would have won at least nine games,” Bell said on the podcast. ” , “(Former Jets quarterback) Sam Darnold didn’t even know what a line safety was because he was so confused about our offense because the coach was confusing him.”
your history with marijuana
Bell, 31, is currently a free agent. He also played with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020 and spent time with the Baltimore Ravens and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021.
When he was 23, Bell and his then-Steelers teammate, running mate Legret Blount, were arrested in August 2015 after police found an ounce of marijuana in their car.
Bell was suspended for two games by the Steelers.
