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Le’Veon Bell goes off on Mel Kiper and Todd McShay

ByAndrew Ross|

I don’t think a lot of people thought Le’Veon Bell  would be as good in the NFL as he has been, and that includes some of the most popular people at ESPN like Mel Kiper and Todd McShay.

Great athletes often have to create chips on their shoulders in order for them to push as hard as they do, and it looks like Le’Veon Bell is getting pretty good at that.

On Tuesday night, Bell – out of nowhere – went on a huge Twitter rant about how he feels about  Mel Kiper and Todd McShay (probably the two most well-known draft analysts out there).

Like I said, this came out of nowhere and I wish I knew what provoked Bell to blow up like this.

Bell putting this chip on his shoulder – that makes sense – but I think those of us on the outside looking in can understand the other side of this better than Bell can.

Obviously these draft analysts aren’t going to get every pick right. That is simply not possible. I’m sure there were tons of analysts and people in general who thought Ryan Leaf would be better than Peyton Manning.

Besides some of the very few golden prospects like Andrew Luck, most of their opinions have a lot of luck involved with them. You can watch a player a lot, but however he plays in college won’t necessarily translate to the NFL – and you also can’t predict how much a player will improve (like Bell).

I also don’t understand Bell’s view on the whole “legitimate film” thing. What makes the film others are watching illegitimate?

Regardless of all this nonsense, Bell is definitely one of the best young players in the game today and he could make a case for being the best back in football right now.

After a promising rookie year with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bell dominated last season with a total of 2,215 yards (1,361 rushing, 854 receiving) and 11 touchdown (8 rushing, 3 receiving).

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