Kansas City Chiefs: Four things Le’Veon Bell brings to offense

1. Offensive Weapon

We are going to make something very clear right now: Le’Veon Bell is still a baller. I do not care about any of his time with the Jets. Every player that has escaped the clutches of Adam Gase has flourished, and the Jets is where offensive weapons not named Jamison Crowder go to die. Bell hasn’t been in the headlines as an offensive threat because the Jets have been putrid in all aspects of the organization.

Bell’s production in New York doesn’t scream elite, but frankly I don’t give a damn. Bell has had 17 games total as a Jet. In those 17 games, he has only broke 70% or more of offensive snaps 12 times. He also has dealt with two separate injuries, so two of his games weren’t even full outings. Despite all of that, he had 1,363 total yards in that stretch. Once again, not entirely impressive, but when you consider this was for a Jets team with a terrible line and offensive play caller, that is impressive.

Nearly 500 of those yards were through the air, with almost 70 receptions to his name. That is where Chiefs fans should get excited about Bell. The quality of looks he is going to get going from a young Sam Darnold and inept Adam Gase to Patrick freakin’ Mahomes and Andy Reid is going to be vastly different.

Bell is going to go from the only weapon to an afterthought, and defenses are going to have to be creative to cover all of the Chiefs weapons. This is probably a large part as to why Bell chose the Chiefs in the first place. He may get half the touches he got with the Jets, but as they say, it is quality not quantity.