CINCINNATI -- The Le'Veon Bell Plan seemed credible at the time. After all, the New York Jets needed a dynamic playmaker for their woefully pedestrian offense and quarterback Sam Darnold needed a weapon in the backfield to help reduce the pressure on him.
With four weeks left in another lost season, The Plan needs to be revised -- junked, actually. The Jets expected Bell to improve everyone around him, but they got it backward by screwing up the offensive line. As a result, the people around Bell have brought him down to a point where coach Adam Gase -- not exactly a fan of the Bell signing in March -- seems to have lost faith in him.