Posted on 10/14/2025 5:18:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
David Bell is hanging up his cleats at the age of 24. The Browns receiver, who played parts of three seasons in the NFL, announced the decision in a social media post Tuesday, revealing a few months ago he was “blindsided by an off-field injury that was beyond my control” and that it “put my football future in jeopardy.” He did not expand on what exactly had happened, though he said that continuing with football would “literally risk life and limb.”
“After consulting with medical experts and praying, I accept that continuing to play football would literally risk life and limb,” Bell said in his announcement. “Although it is the last thing I would otherwise want to do, with a heavy heart I am announcing my retirement.
Bell mentioned lawyer Brad Sohn in his announcement, thanking him for “making sure this never happens to anyone else again.” “One thing is for sure. This will NOT happen again. Bet,” Sohn, a class action and injury attorney, wrote in a post on X while sharing Bell’s announcement.
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Bingo. The careful wording of the public statement suggests that he was lawyered up and will eventually make a pay up demand on his surgeon and the insurers involved.
Yep. He’s just reading what his lawyer wrote...
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The Browns would rather lose with a criminal, than win with Baker Mayfield.
The Browns. Where careers die. Or never even get off the ground.
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