Some Steelers players want LeGarrette Blount released because of his poor attitude, according to a report.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Blount left the field before the conclusion of Monday night’s Steelers-Titans game because he was apparently upset over his lack of carries.
Blount did not carry the ball once in the Steelers’ 27-24 win, while teammate Le’Veon Bell rushed 33 times for 204 yards and a touchdown. Blount has 65 carries for 266 yards and two touchdowns on the season. He has not carried the ball more than 10 times in a game all season, and he has had eight or fewer carries in eight of the team’s 10 games. Against the Jets in Week 10, he had just five carries for no yards.
Blount and Bell are extremely close and were even arrested together for weed possession back in August. Despite their friendship, the Post-Gazette says sources believe Blount is dragging down Bell. Blount has also been described as an “internal problem” for at least a month.
Blount dropped in the draft because of obvious character concerns from his college days at Oregon, where he once punched an opposing player. Blount spent his first three seasons with the Buccaneers, last season with the Pats, and this is his first season with the Steelers.
Oh, and on a side note, remember what Bell said to police during the aforementioned arrest? Yeah, that was pretty funny.
