My team won the Super Bowl but it was the lowest | NFL News

Jason Bell could have won the Super Bowl with the New York Giants in 2007, but his career-ending back injury put a stop to what might have been the biggest second in his NFL profession. The former defensive back, initially picked up as an undrafted agent by the Dallas Cowboys, spent six seasons in the league – including stints at the Houston Texans and the Giants.

Even though he won a Lombardi trophy in New York alongside the likes of Eli Manning, Michael Strahan and Plaxico Burress, the ex-NFL star confessed that the championship sport was the lowest level of his profession. Speaking solely to the Express, Bell explained how he sat on the sidelines watching his team conquer one of the goliaths of American soccer – but deep down he realised his profession was over due to a back injury. He said: “The low would probably be when I was injured and watching my team win the Super Bowl.

“That was fairly troublesome. I was there, and I knew my profession was over. I was watching the sport live in Arizona, and I noticed them rating the remaining go-ahead landing. I stood up to cheer. I was completely satisfied for all people.

“I remember watching Osi [Umenyiora] and my boy Antonio Pierce and [Michael] Strahan just out there. Plaxico Burress had caught the ball and all of a sudden, I sat down in my seat, and just, I felt it was a dark moment because I wanted to be out there with them and I feel like I should have.

“But I overcame that and then celebrated their victory and have been completely satisfied for it ever since. I’m glad with every thing that occurred because of that. So, yeah, but those are, I keep in mind those two issues – the starting and the end.”

It wasn’t all doom and gloom for the special teams expert, however, as Bell’s journey through the NFL was unique in comparison to some others. After going undrafted, the defensive back was snapped up by the Cowboys, before heading to Texas a year later and stamping his mark as one of the elite players across a variety of areas.

It was his initial dive into the NFL that Bell hails as his best moment, admitting he had to really “battle” for the right to be in the league. He said: “Oh man – greatest high would in all probability be… First of all, it’s been a journey. Sometimes I randomly assume about issues that have occurred and I’m just in awe and overwhelmed by the luck that I had and it took.

“So I’d say the biggest high would probably be finally making the Dallas Cowboys, that first year when it was quite difficult. I was at the bottom of the roster when I came in to training camp and to finally be announced as one of the 53 on the roster.

“That was big for me. I’d overcome an injury in school that type of, that held me back; I might have been drafted in all probability actually high if it wasn’t for that. But, you realize, I had to actually battle and grind to make it. And once I did, that was as big as it received for me.”

Bell made plenty of lifelong friends on his trip through the NFL too, highlighting his “big man” group from the Giants as people he will remain close with for life. He added: “I’ve a number of that I’ll communicate to for the relaxation of my life. When I received to New York, I’m very close with that team because Antonio Pierce, I grew up with him.

“So when I got to the Giants, I knew immediately who I was going to be friends with, because he basically told me. He was like, ‘This guy’s cool. This guy’s cool. You’re gonna hang out with them,’ and that’s how it was.

“So, lifelong pals, I imply, Osi clearly, Antonio Pierce, Michael Strahan, a man named Carlos Edmonds, who performed like 15 years at linebacker. Those are the guys from the Giants and they’re all defensive guys, linebackers and defensive ends. I frolicked with the big dudes because I talked so a lot craziness. I needed, like, security, and that’s what I felt like they have been. So those guys have been lifelong pals.”

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