On Tuesday, Le’Veon Bell posted a new profile picture to his Twitter account that had people all over the social media network in a tizzy.
You see, Bell was wearing a red hoodie, which folks automatically thought was very important.
#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/GT8YMJFr8a
— Le'Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) February 27, 2018
Now, recently Bell made a move on his Instagram account that sparked the notion he is not happy with the Steelers, which you can read about here.
Needless to say, the fact he was not wearing Steelers colors here had people wondering what is going on.
um where is your steeler stuff at? pic.twitter.com/wa31WO2iQD
— chris.com (@asap_chris__) February 27, 2018
ummm where is all your @steelers stuff???? what the hell is happening?? pic.twitter.com/MpN6dlyP6q
— Brandi Rahill (@brandirahill) February 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/Pens3Peat/status/968619221201637376
Mainly, this picture choice sparked the interest of San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans, who had some big assumptions about the color choice.
OH? 🔴🔴 👀 https://t.co/IvTYcchx7u
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) February 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/odellblackmanjr/status/968623685631463424
https://twitter.com/VassaloBR/status/968626077814935553
https://twitter.com/DylanADeSimone/status/968630155705921538
— Jorge (@HernandezJ49) February 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/ac_breez/status/968622493874323456
Looking good in red @JohnLynch49ers @49ers 👀
— Frenchy (@frenchy_707) February 27, 2018
In addition to the Niners and Bucs fans who thought this meant something, Steelers fans took this new profile pic kind of hard.
— Aquiles (@AquilesMora93) February 27, 2018
— JgHn99 (@JgHN999) February 27, 2018
— Skyhunter (@maru7094) February 27, 2018
Now, in the end, Maybe Bell just felt like wearing red this fine Tuesday. But if he was trying to send a message, he didn’t send a very clear one.
Obviously, conventional wisdom tells us that Bell is going to be hit with the franchise tag before he could bolt for free agency. But that hasn’t happened yet, and fans in other cities are hopeful their team can spend a boatload of money to bring the best running back in the game to their roster.