To help get their oft-stalled offense flying next season, the New York Jets are looking for help on the ground this offseason.
And, now that the NFL Scouting Combine has wrapped up for the year, some NFL insiders have predictions as to which running backs the Jets will be targeting to bolster their ground game.
At the top of the list is Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell. Coming off a season where he didn’t take the field, Bell should be fresh as lettuce and will likely be looking to be paid accordingly. Whatever he wants, the Jets should be able to pay it as they have more than $100 million in salary cap space.
A playmaker who would move the chains on the field and put butts in seats off of it, Bell would automatically become New York’s most dynamic offensive weapon and would give them a star.
If the Jets don’t land Bell, Falcons running back Tevin Coleman is the team’s Plan B option, according to the The New York Post.
“One interesting element of that is Coleman and Bell share an agent – Adisa Bakari,” according to the publication. “It reminds me of last year when Kirk Cousins shared an agent with Josh McCown. Once the Jets were out on Cousins, they quickly pivoted to re-sign McCown. Could that happen this year with Bell and Coleman?”
We’ll see what shakes with Coleman, Bell, and the rest of this year’s class of free agents when teams can officially begin to speak to agents on March 11 and start to sign players on March 13.
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