09-30-2016, 12:23 PM
Was listening to Mike and Mike this morning and caught an interesting comment from Mike Tomlin's press conference this week. Tomlin was discussing Leveon Bell's return from suspension when he mentioned that Bell has been conditioning and is up to speed with the offense. Whether that definitively means he has been allowed to take practice reps with the team is not clear.
Here is the quote... "His level of conditioning is not a concern to us,” Tomlin said Tuesday, per NFL.com. “He’s a guy that’s highly conditioned over a 12-month calendar. We’ve seen him every day, he’s been a part of this, he’s been in the building, he’s up to speed on what we’re doing from a schematic standpoint, really in tune here. We’ll see how sharp he is physically once we get him out on the practice field and kind of go from there but rest assured, you’re going to see Le’Veon Bell and probably a lot of him on Sunday.”
Apparently, NFL player suspension rules differ depending on the type of suspension. Burfict and Tom Brady, for example, because they were suspended for player safety and rules policies, were not permitted any contact with their teammates in-house or out. Players suspended under the NFL substance abuse policy are granted full contact with their team, which clarified by an Albert Breer tweet, are designed to help players in the substance abuse program...
Albert Breer @AlbertBreer
Substance-abuse suspensions allow for players to be at team facilities -- which is an effort to help guys get well. https://twitter.com/BostonCrusader/status/757641483264651264 …
I understand the reasoning behind this, but it was somewhat surprising to hear this morning.
Here is the quote... "His level of conditioning is not a concern to us,” Tomlin said Tuesday, per NFL.com. “He’s a guy that’s highly conditioned over a 12-month calendar. We’ve seen him every day, he’s been a part of this, he’s been in the building, he’s up to speed on what we’re doing from a schematic standpoint, really in tune here. We’ll see how sharp he is physically once we get him out on the practice field and kind of go from there but rest assured, you’re going to see Le’Veon Bell and probably a lot of him on Sunday.”
Apparently, NFL player suspension rules differ depending on the type of suspension. Burfict and Tom Brady, for example, because they were suspended for player safety and rules policies, were not permitted any contact with their teammates in-house or out. Players suspended under the NFL substance abuse policy are granted full contact with their team, which clarified by an Albert Breer tweet, are designed to help players in the substance abuse program...
Albert Breer @AlbertBreer
Substance-abuse suspensions allow for players to be at team facilities -- which is an effort to help guys get well. https://twitter.com/BostonCrusader/status/757641483264651264 …
I understand the reasoning behind this, but it was somewhat surprising to hear this morning.
