FLORHAM PARK, NJ – Adam Gase and the Jets will have to play the game within the game to figure out when and how to finally deploy Le’Veon Bell, who is far from guaranteed to see playing time in the team’s first preseason game against the Giants on Thursday.
Gase on Monday declined to say whether his star running back would see real action this week – a year and a half since he last appeared in an NFL game – but did admit that the decision weighed on him. The Jets, after all, signed Bell for four years and a guaranteed $35 million, making him the second-highest paid running back in the NFL, albeit one that missed all of training camp and the regular season with the Steelers last year due to failed contract negotiations.