Originally Posted by
El-Gonzo Jackson
I think you are letting your love of Ben skew the reality of LeVeon Bell and AB.
I don't know how anyone could discredit LeVeon Bell's running ability and say that it was due to his QB. Sure, the receptions need a good QB to put the ball in place, but the ability to see seams, patience to wait for blocks to open, the setting up of his runs to make the seam open, the cutback ability, eluding of open field tackles had nothing to do with the QB.
LeVeon Bell was a generational talent with a team that liked to use him as a RB and receiver, but he held out for more $$ and went to a dysfunctional Jets team with a Head Coach that doesn't want to use him and will be fired this season.
Similarly, AB is one of the best all time WR's and was in a prime spot where he had a future HOF QB and was the #1 option, the RB was the #2 option and AB was the #3 option in the passing game. Ben wasn't able to make Emannuel Sanders the WR he has been since he left Pittsburgh, mostly because Ben had better receiving options IMO.
Bell and AB made things easier for Ben. Ben was a better QB than what AB was gonna have in Oakland before he went crazy and Bell overestimated his worth and had to settle for getting paid by the Jets.