Imagine for a moment you are Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.
Your second-best offensive player, absent for all of training camp and the first four miserable games of the season, has finally professed his desire to return to football. Le’Veon Bell plans on being with the team beyond this season despite some very clear language to the contrary during a contractual slap-fight this summer. He maintained that he could not make financial sense out of withstanding another 400 touches this season, and plans to walk into the front door of the building three weeks from now during the bye.