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Le’Veon Bell: Bengals, others tried to injure him
- Updated: May 24, 2016
1:56 PM ET
PITTSBURGH — Six months after major knee surgery, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell vows to return to 100 percent for Week 1. He also said he won’t be naive, especially when playing the Cincinnati Bengals.
Bell said after Tuesday’s organized team activities session that the Bengals and other teams were targeting him last season. Bell tore his MCL in Week 8 as Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict tackled the fourth-year running back by the sideline.
“I feel there are a lot of teams that try to do that, try to take me out of the game,” Bell said. “I don’t think it was just [Burfict]. It felt like the whole team was out there trying to twist my ankles and do little dirty stuff in between piles … I was ignorant to the fact at first.”
Bell noticed that the Bengals — one half of a vicious AFC North rivalry with Pittsburgh — were happy about Burfict’s tackle, which required Bell to leave the game on a cart.
The Steelers’ Le’Veon Bell says the Bengals’ Vontaze Burfict was …
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