Jets running back Le'Veon Bell walks off the field after an NFL game against the Bills on Sept. 13 in Orchard Park, N.Y. Credit: AP/Brett Carlsen
The nightmare continues.
With the 0-5 Jets careening toward one of the worst seasons in franchise history, the dysfunction wrought by misguided decisions at all levels of the organization yielded one more – but certainly not final – moment of ignominy: Le’Veon Bell, whose signing last year was trumpeted as a major fix for the team’s moribund offense, was released Tuesday night after general manager Joe Douglas failed to strike a trade for the 29-year-old running back.