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New contract looming, Le'Veon Bell's unreliability taking its toll on Steelers

Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell is currently appealing a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, according to multiple reports.

“I’m at the top and if not I’m the closest, I’m a need 15 a year and they know this …”

Those were Le’Veon Bell’s words in a rap he released last month, an apparent (if informal) request for $15 million per season on his new contract, which would leapfrog him past Adrian Peterson as the game’s highest-paid running back. Bell later walked back that number in an interview with ESPN.