Le’Veon Bell is not just a running back and a rapper. He’s also the Jets’ emergency quarterback.
That’s what Adam Gase told ESPN’s Lisa Salters at halftime. If Luke Falk goes down with an injury, Bell would go under center.
The Jets were forced to insert Falk after starting quarterback Trevor Siemian — already filling in for the sick Sam Darnold — went down with a gruesome ankle injury. He is officially out for the rest of Monday’s game. New York promoted Falk to the practice squad earlier in the day in response to Darnold’s case of mononucleosis.
Obviously, the Jets weren’t prepared to lose Siemian, but there’s not much they can do at this point. Desperate times call for desperate measures and Bell is next up on the quarterback depth chart.
