Le’Veon Bell Waived By Jets

• Le’Veon Bell was waived by the Jets Tuesday night.
• Bell signed with the Jets On March 13th 2019.
• The Contract was for $52,000,000 over 4 years.
• $27,000,000 was guaranteed.
• The move leaves $15 million in dead cap space in 2020 and $4 million in 2021

East Rutherford, N.J. – A tail as tragic to Jets fans as ever pinned by Shakespeare or tweeted by Adam Schefter came to an end Tuesday night when the New York Jets waived Le’Veon Bell. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more Le’Veon will go it just won’t be with Gang Green

Jets tried to trade Le’Veon Bell for weeks, dating back to last year’s trade deadline. There were no takers. Tonight they released him. Bell now is a free agent. https://t.co/i12gKi220k

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 14, 2020

Bell played in just 17 games and underperformed to say the least. Having earned $27,500,000 or $104,167 per rush attempt, $20,176 for every yard from scrimmage and $6,875,000 per touchdown.

Le’Veon Bell’s Stats With The Jets

GM Joe Douglas released the following statement.

Statement from GM Joe Douglas pic.twitter.com/By9XevVXVv

— New York Jets (@nyjets) October 14, 2020

The move leaves the Jets with $15m in dead cap space this year and $4m in 2021. They also have a whopping $81M of cap space in 2021 to go shopping with. More than enough to reload with a high draft pick that they will most likely have.

With the release of Le’Veon Bell, the #Jets now have just 35 players under contract for 2021. If the salary cap drops to $175M, they’ll have an estimated $81M to work with as of today. https://t.co/9KltOYIUTq

— Spotrac (@spotrac) October 14, 2020

For his part Le’Veon doesn’t seem to be bothered by the news.

🙏🏾

— Le’Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) October 14, 2020

With as bad as Adam Gase has been, and subsequently the Jets as a whole who could blame him around the NFL? Jamal Adams sure doesn’t!

Something felt different when I woke up this morning! #GoHawks #Prez pic.twitter.com/Hwew7bqTLf

— Jamal Adams (@Prez) July 26, 2020

Adams and Bell shared words on Twitter after Adams was traded.

Noted. See u Week 14! https://t.co/MjPOfiHtGi

— Jamal Adams (@Prez) July 26, 2020

With several teams in need of help in the backfield Bell will be signed in short order and should find himself in a considerably better situation. And maybe we can see the grudge match play out in a different week. Sportsbooks will likely have odds on his next team soon.

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