oldschooler Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Le'Veon Bell has unique support in his knee rehab ... Vontaze Burfict5:44 PM ETColey HarveyESPN Staff WriterPittsburgh Stealers running back Le'Veon Bell received support from an unexpected source as he rehabs from a season-ending knee injury he suffered last November. Vontaze Burfict, the controversial Cincinnati Bengals linebacker who injured Bell with a tackle in last season's meeting in Pittsburgh, sent Bell a private message Tuesday night offering his support. Earlier in the day, Bell tweeted a picture of himself running on a treadmill for the first time since the serious injury. "Good to see you back running," Burfict said to Bell in a private Twitter message, "see you next year, bruh." Bell publicized the direct message Wednesday afternoon when he tweeted to his followers a screenshot of the brief conversation. Adding the "100" emoji, Bell clearly appreciated Burfict's acknowledgement of this latest step in his recovery. It was at the end of an 8-yard pass last November when Burfict caught Bell and wrestled him down. After the game, the Stealers learned the running back tore his MCL. During a post-game session with reporters, some Stealers took exception to the way Burfict hopped up immediately after the tackle and ran to the middle of the field to celebrate the stop with a teammate. "He's that type of guy. That type of guy gets his sooner or later. So, wait and see, I guess," Stealers offensive lineman Ramon Foster said of Burfict. "If you're on the field with him, you know what I mean by that. They'll play it off, he'll act dumb about it. But you don’t run across the field hyped, celebrating, jumping up and down when a guy goes down like that." Burfict later said it wasn't his intent to injure Bell and that he didn't know the player was hurt when he ran off to celebrate the stop. Having just returned from his own serious knee injury, Burfict was playing in his first game in more than a year. To him, the second-quarter tackle was a sign he was back and he wanted to celebrate. After his role in two other contentious Bengals-Stealers meetings later in the season, Burfict was suspended in January for three games of the 2016 season. Along with the suspension, he has been fined six times and drawn 16 personal-foul penalties in his four-year career. In a meeting last month with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Burfict was told he needed to start better respecting his opponents. "His info with me is I have to care about my opponent," Burfict told ESPN's Josina Anderson in a televised interview that ran this week. "And I understand where he's coming from. Because if you care about your opponent, you'll probably play cleaner." http://espn.go.com/blog/cincinnati-bengals/post/_/id/21741/vontaze-burfict-leveon-bell-Stealers-bengals-one-unique-supporter-knee-rehab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|schotzee| Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 I'm sorry (not really) but it's hard to feel sorry for those dirty cheap shotting cock suckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooky Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 All of the NFL players get along in real life. Outside of the WWE act. They're in the same Union. If Burfict went to the stealers, he would not only be welcome, he would probably be captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 All of the NFL players get along in real life. Outside of the WWE act. They're in the same Union. If Burfict went to the stealers, he would not only be welcome, he would probably be captain.He also wouldn't be suspended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 He also wouldn't be suspendedTruth Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphead Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 It kind of sucks that these guys don't hate each other in real life. Not these 2 people specifically, but NFL players in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalsOwn Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 The most ridiculous thing about this is that the media and the Stealers players act like Burfict purposely injured the guy. All he did was tackle him.Now Burfict and Bell are both in rehab. Burfict has to try to rehab his reputation which is bullshit because he didn't really do anything wrong.I hate what society, the media, and the NFL have become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Their mouth-breathing fans will somehow find a way to take offense at Burfict's text message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyrid Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 He also wouldn't be suspendedhaha, love this comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleEarl Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 It kind of sucks that these guys don't hate each other in real life. Not these 2 people specifically, but NFL players in general. You and Joey Porter think a lot alike.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwgniB0e_VE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhodeIslandFan Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Yeah...see you next year and I'll blow out the other knee hehehe!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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