New York Jets head coach Adam Gase was candid about his decision to put running back Le&#8217;Veon Bell back in the game while battling a hamstring injury, after the team&#8217;s 27-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills, Sunday.
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&#8220;I&#8217;m mad at myself that I let him go back in there in the second half,&#8221; Gase said
Bell went down late in the second quarter after an incomplete pass. In the second half, he returned with a wrapped hamstring. He could only play five snaps before it became apparent he had to be taken out.
&#8220;That play looked bad,&#8221; Gase of the play in the second quarter. &#8220;I&#8217;m watching, and I thought it was going to be a touchdown, then he got grabbed. And kind of the way he planted and torqued, it looked really bad.
&#8220;I saw him grab his hamstring and he wouldn&#8217;t come out. We come in at halftime. I let him go back in there. I was worried about it, and we were eventually like, &#8216;I can&#8217;t put you in there. We can&#8217;t take a chance on getting more hurt than you already are.'&#8221;
The Jets next chance to secure their first win will come next Sunday, when they play the San Francisco 49ers.
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