Hours before Le’Veon Bell decided to join the Chiefs on Thursday, Bears coach Matt Nagy repeated that he’s content with his running back room — even without pass-catcher Tarik Cohen, who is out for the season.
“I just know how we feel and how I feel and we love our running back situation here right now,” he said. “So again, I think that Le’Veon is a good football player and a good running back and leaving that up to [general manager] Ryan [Pace]. But we’re just really happy with our situation here and we feel like we have guys … Catching the ball and doing things — we have guys that can do that, and run the ball between the tackles.”
Nagy’s mentors — Chiefs coach Andy Reid and general manager Brett Veach —will carve out a spot for Bell in an offense similar to the one the Bears run.
The Jets cut Bell on Wednesday after he voiced his displeasure with both his playing time and head coach. Bell starred for the Steelers for five seasons before infamously sitting out the 2018 season because of a contract dispute. The Jets guaranteed him $27 million just last year.
Returner/running back/receiver Cordarrelle Patterson, who playfully sends social media messages to Bears free-agent targets, Tweeted earlier this week that he was out of the recruiting business.
“I’m giving up being the GM,” he joked Thursday. “I’m leaving that to somebody else.”
