Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell signed a four-year, $52.5 million contract with the New York Jets last week, ending his absence from the NFL after he sat out the entire 2018 campaign because of a financial holdout.
On Tuesday, Bell sat down with Jenny Vrentas of Sports Illustrated (h/t Alaa Abeldaiem of SI.com) and said he originally planned to skip just one week of the regular season before his circumstances and feelings changed:
"At first I was literally thinking like, 'I don't want to play camp and OTAs' because of the hurt in my body and I'm like, 'I'm not playing.