Jerome Bettis Faked It

Former Steelers great, Jerome Bettis admits in his new book that he faked an injury to avoid being released in training camp in 2000.

“Man, did I do a nice job of acting,” Bettis writes. “The thing is, I wasn’t faking that I had an injury. I was just faking that the injury happened on that short-yardage play. I had to fool the coaches and the team’s medical department into thinking the injury had occurred on that play. Otherwise, the Steelers would have had their reason to cut me and my salary.”

Players fake injuries all the time and I doubt Bettis regrets it. Why would he? — He wouldn’t have a Superbowl ring if he was cut back then.