Le’Veon Bell ran a 10-yard out-route to the sidelines, the ball thrown just behind him. Bell twisted his body, extended his arms out as he was falling down. Plucked the ball out of the air with just his fingertips and somehow had the strength to complete the catch as he fell to the ground. Bell got a lot of work today and he has gotten a lot of work as a receiver lately.
“I feel like we can find better ways to get him the ball to help him create more explosive plays,” Adam Gase said after practice. “We can get him in space better than what we did last year. I think there was a lot of good that came out what he did in the pass game last year. But I don’t think we ever really gave him enough space to work, because that’s his game. If he gets space to work, he’s going to make guys miss.”
Gase is absolutely correct. Bell caught 66 passes last year which is a lot. But the problem is most of those were check-downs, emergency bailout check-downs that didn’t leave Bell with anywhere to go. Bell has not lost a step, he just needs room to work with. This offensive line isn’t going to give him much room in the run game so it’ll be important for Gase to draw up some routes to create the space for him.
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