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Former NFL RB Le'Veon Bell Has Harsh Opinion of Giants QB Daniel Jones

Bell, in his defense of running backs getting paid, takes aim at Daniel Jones to make his point.
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Former NFL RB Le'Veon Bell Has Harsh Opinion of Giants QB Daniel Jones
Former NFL RB Le'Veon Bell Has Harsh Opinion of Giants QB Daniel Jones

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When it comes to New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, people either support him or don't think he's worth the cost of the uniform threads the Giants spend to clothe him.

Put former NFL running back Le’Veon Bell in the latter category. In an appearance on the AP Pro Football podcast with Rob Maaddi, who opined that Jones was a mediocre quarterback, Bell took the opinion further with a more blunt assessment of the Giants' signal caller. 

“Daniel Jones, he’s in the bottom tier. He’s in the bottom tier of NFL quarterbacks,” Bell said, adding, “He’s not mediocre. There are average quarterbacks; he’s in the bottom tier."

Bell is miffed that the Giants rewarded Jones, who is coming off his bet season as a pro, with a lucrative multiyear contract, but did not extend the same courtesy to running back Saquon Barkley, who will play the coming season on a slightly modified the franchise tag worth $11 million if Barkley hits all the incentives and the Giants make the playoffs.

"I’m not here trying to talk bad about Daniel Jones," Bell insisted. "I’m just trying to be real for everybody who’s hearing it. He’s in the bottom tiers. Saquon [Barkley] is in the top tier of his position. So how does that make sense?”

Bell famously (and regretfully) sat out the 2018 season in protest during a contract dispute with the Steelers. In a separate interview with the New York Post, he clarified his point by saying, "When you have a player like..Saquon or Josh Jacobs...you pay the player, not the position."

 

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Patricia Traina
PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for 30+ seasons, and her work has appeared in multiple media outlets, including The Athletic, Forbes, Bleacher Report, and the Sports Illustrated media group. As a credentialed New York Giants press corps member, Patricia has also covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. She is the author of The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants. In addition to her work with New York Giants On SI, Patricia hosts the Locked On Giants podcast. Patricia is also a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America.

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