How Le’Veon Bell will be more valuable to Jets than Adam Gase thinks

When Mike Maccagnan was fired as general manager of the New York Jets, there were reports head coach Adam Gase had disagreements with Maccagnan over some transactions, including how much was paid to acquire Le’Veon Bell. Running back has recently been viewed as a position not as valuable in today’s NFL than it once was, but the Jets still gave Bell a four-year, $52.5 million deal. Gase recently tried to address the perception that he was behind Maccagnan’s firing, and also spoke about Bell’s contract. Gase’s comments, despite the denial, suggest that he is not happy about the contract, though as Chase Stuart points out, the Jets are not actually out of line with their cap expenditure at the position. The Jets are sixth, while two of the teams ahead of them in cap charges at running back are the two teams that met in last year’s Super Bowl. Though Gase may feel like the Jets overspent on Bell, the running back could prove more valuable to the team than he thinks or realizes. In fact, Le’Veon Bell is likely to

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