Mere 48 Hours After Major Concerns Voiced for Money, Disgruntled FA LeVeon Bell Drops an Extra Smokey Truth Bomb on NFL World

The running backs are hogging all the limelight in the NFL conversation these days. Christian McCaffrey recently raised major concern regarding RB pay in the league. And just 48 hours later, fans have some Colorado flavored truth bombs from free agent RB Le’Veon Bell to deal with. And his bombs can prove to be a little extra smokey for a section of the fans.

Bell has played for numerous teams in the NFL during his career. He last played a down in the league more than a year ago, in January 2022. And he has revealed a big secret from when he was still in the league. It just might not go well with the lungs of a section of the fans of the game.

Le’Veon Bell admits to smoking up 

Former Pittsburgh Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell admitted that he smoked marijuana during his stay in the NFL. During a podcast appearance, Bell revealed that he smoked up even just before the game. And according to him, it sometimes helped him perform better on the football field, whatever colors he was donning during the time.

“Looking back on this, that’s what I did. When I was playing football, I smoked, bro. Even before the games, I’d smoke and I’d go out there and run for 150, two (touchdowns),” Bell said on the ‘Steel Here’ podcast.

Bell came into the league as a Steelers second-round pick in the 2013 draft. He also lined up for the New York Jets, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Ravens, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But he couldn’t establish himself in his later years and got cut multiple times in that period.

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Bell may take away some limelight that recently fell on a major concern regarding RB pay in the league. And at the forefront of that conversation is Christian McCaffrey.

Christian McCaffrey leads the RB pay charge 

The San Francisco 49ers‘ Christian McCaffrey is of the opinion that the RB position is undervalued in the NFL. According to him, the running backs aren’t paid well according to the job that they are asked to do. 

“The running back position has been undervalued in my opinion for what they’re asked to do. And I think there’s a lot of guys that are afraid to speak up about that for multiple reasons, you know. I don’t know when the value of a yard got diminished,” McCaffrey said on the Rich Eisen Show.

This comes amid the New York Giants’ continued efforts to re-sign Saquon Barkley. But the parties aren’t able to agree on the value of the contract offer. These words from the highest-paid RB in the league might help. But now everybody has Le’Veon Ball’s revelations to deal with. What does the future of the RB market look like?

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