Pittsburgh Steelers teammates had remained quietly supportive of Le'Veon Bell and his contract standoff with the team for a long time. That is, until Bell opted not to show up this week.
It was expected that Bell would be reporting to the team after staying away all offseason. After all, it is Week 1 in the NFL and Bell showed up on the Sunday prior one year ago. But we've arrived at Wednesday — four days before the Steelers take on the Cleveland Browns — and Bell is nowhere to be found.
His agent, Adisa Bakari, went on Sirius XM Radio and suggested that Bell might be waiting a long time, perhaps as long as Week 10, before he decides to show up.