It didn’t take long for New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Dennis Allen to realize that in order to get his best 11 players on the field, rookie safety Vonn Bell was going to have to be among them.
Bell started 14 of his 16 games, including the final 13 in a row, and showed some of the play-making ability that the Saints expected when they moved up in the second round and picked him No. 61 overall in the draft.
He finished with 87 tackles, second-most on the team, tied for the team lead with two forced fumbles, produced a sack and had four passes defensed.