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It’s just halfway through Le’Veon Bell’s first preseason as a professional, doubtless a small and insignificant blip on the radar of his NFL profession as an entire.
But.. the harm issues are starting to get irritating.
Bell, a rookie second-spherical decide anticipated to be the Steelers’ workhorse running back, can’t keep on the field to this point. He missed the preseason opener with a knee injury. He re-injured the knee in a non-contact drill last week. He did play Monday evening in opposition to the Redskins, but after 9 yards on four carries, he was again on the sideline, injured once more. This time, it was a foot harm. He lasted one sequence. A lot of the information surrounding Bell during the last month has been well being updates.
And now, unless the Steelers need to push him by these injuries to see more of their rookie operating back in preseason action, Bell will enter his first common season with 4 carries of stay NFL recreation motion. Can Pittsburgh trust Bell as its starter after having seen so little of him against NFL competition?
The accidents might be dangerous luck, however it’s price mentioning that last yr Bell had an astonishing 382 carries at Michigan State. Add in receptions, and he had 414 touches. That came in simply 13 games. In his last four college video games, Bell had 36, 32, 35 and 32 carries. Not like the Michigan State coaching workers has an obligation to not run Bell into the bottom earlier than he made any money off soccer, but yeesh.
Part of a NFL operating again’s worth is measured by his means to stay on the field. Possibly Bell would be the workhorse the Steelers were hoping for with that second-round choose they invested. But to be a workhorse, Bell must final past 4 carries when the games start to count.
Le’Veon Bell gets four carries in his debut … and that’s it, because he got hurt again
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