Le’Veon Bell set it off when he pulled a no-show and his Steelers teammates are PISSED.
Next, the Baltimore Orioles making history in the MLB with Braille Jersey’s.
And, Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy weighs in on the team acquiring the former Raiders outside linebacker Khalil Mack.
Read on for more details regarding Le’Veon Bell, Baltimore Orioles, + Khalil Mack...
Fans are NOT happy that the Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell will be sitting out against the Cleveland Browns.
Fantasy Owners: “Please play Le’Veon!”
Le’Veon: pic.twitter.com/aB7Lazghrr
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) September 5, 2018
Here is what went down in the NFL that has everyone talking. On Wednesday, Le’Veon Bell set it off when he pulled a no-show, his Steelers teammates are heated!
Steelers teammates not happy with Le’Veon Bell no-show, led by vet G Ramon Foster, their player rep:
What do you do? here’s a guy who doesn’t give a damn, I guess so we’ll treat it as such. I just hate it came to this.
Guard Ramon Foster on Bell:
He’s making 7 times what I make twice as much as Al (Villanueva) is making and we’re the guys who do it for him.
Bottom line is this, Bell hasn’t signed his $14.5 million franchise tag and can become a free agent in 2019 as long as he signs it by Week 11.
Center Maurkice Pouncey said:
If you don’t want to be here, it is what it is. Hold out 10 weeks.
It’s just that Puncey thought they could “count on” Le’Veon. Maurkice added that “I just felt confident that he was gonna come.”
Apparently, NOT.
Meanwhile, one fan of Bell’s made this observation which makes complete sense:
How the Steelers offensive line is going to block for Le’Veon Bell whenever he shows up. pic.twitter.com/IDPtiVivXZ
— Alex Kozora (@Alex_Kozora) September 5, 2018
Then, NFL Network and Former Wall Street Journal sportswriter Aditi Kinkhabwala posted:
#Steelers have a team meeting at 9 am. One of Le’Veon Bell’s teammates just messaged me: no sign of him yet.
The Baltimore Orioles making history in the MLB with Braille Jersey’s:
The Baltimore Orioles season has been a disastrous one, but in September there’s reason to be optimistic.
The cool thing is that the O’s will be making history as the first American pro sports team to incorporate Braille lettering on their jerseys during their September 18.
The new Braille lettering on their jerseys will premeire during their upcoming game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Players last names and the front “Orioles” will be spelled in Braille.
The history making event will be incorporate Braille lettering into our gameday uniforms when we host National Federation of the Blind Night at OPACY.
The Orioles also announced that the first 1500 fans will get a “co-branded NFB/Orioles Braille alphabet card.”
The first 15,000 fans in attendance will receive a co-branded NFB/Orioles Braille alphabet card, which will be distributed by volunteers from the NFB.
Bears Acquire Former Raiders Star Khalil Mack:
The big change-up went a little like this. – Khalil Mack experienced what he categorized as a “whirlwind” before landing with the Chicago Bears via trade from the Oakland Raiders.
YB reports:
The Bears are staring down what looks to be a difficult schedule. Part of that is being in the NFC North, where there isn’t a cupcake to be found and all the teams are at least borderline playoff aspirants.
The Chicago Tribune reports Khalil Mack’s arrival certainly has elevated fan interest, which already was pretty high with a new coaching staff, a revamped offensive depth chart and a young quarterback.
The defense, with the additions of Khalil Mack and Roquan Smith, certainly looks like a potential top-five unit, but given the injury history of Bryce Callahan is it surprising the Bears cut Cre’Von LeBlanc and kept the mediocre Marcus Cooper? One injury to one of their top three cornerbacks means Cooper plays. — @jtbarczak
NFL.com reports that the Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy told reporters.
Nagy writes:
We’ll get to see where he’s at mentally here after tonight and then physically, we’ll have a practice tomorrow. And then we’ll just kind of have to listen to his feedback on where he’s at. We told him communication is imperative here. It’s not like being able to plug somebody in on a Madden game and just say, ‘Go sack the quarterback.’ There’s some planning. … We’ll see where he’s at and hopefully he’s able to go out there and play well, but it’ll be more of a day-by-day thing.
Does the addition of Khalil Mack move the Bears defense from top 10 to top five? Will this add wins? That is the big question everyone is trying to determine.
Here is what Mack told reporters:
I really can’t wait. I’m itching. It’s been a long time since I’ve played football.
