A year ago, Le’Veon Bell decided to sit out the season rather than take what the Steelers offered him. This year, he is a Jet, and he applauded Chargers running back Melvin Gordon, who is staging a training camp holdout as he seeks a new contract.
“I’m proud of him,” Bell said Thursday on the Jets’ first day of training camp. “He knows his worth. That’s a guy that I’ve talked to. I know him since he was at Wisconsin and I was at Michigan State. Me and him have a nice little bond. I’m proud of him.