Two weeks ago , Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reported that Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell would return to the team this week. The fact that Fowler later that same evening published quotes from Bell created the clear impression that Bell was Fowler’s source for the report as to a Week Seven reporting window.Week Seven is now here, and
https://www.steelerssportshop.com/Ryan-Shazier-Jersey Bell has yet to report.Per multiple reports, which apparently were pushed by the Steelers to multiple reporters at or about the same time, the Steelers do not expect Bell to return to the team this week.As of Sunday, the Steelers had heard nothing from Bell. The fact that the Steelers now believe Bell won’t show up implies that they have since heard something from Bell, and that the end result of the communication was that Bell won’t be showing up.So what happened? One potential explanation would be (and this is speculation not a report) that Bell planned to return today, the Steelers informed him that the team intends to use a two-week roster exemption, the Steelers proposed paying him less than $855,000 per week while on roster-exempt status
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https://www.steelerssportshop.com/Marcus-Gilbert-Jersey , but it also meant more and more failed conversions by the Steelers’ offense. After a three-and-out by Jacksonville, the Steelers got the ball back with 1:16 left and no timeouts trying to put up their first points of the game before halftime.Rather than putting up points, Ben Roethlisberger threw his second interception of the game when Barry Church nabbed the pass intended for Antonio Brown. Nonetheless, Jacksonville wasn’t able to convert the turnover into points, instead punting the ball back to the abysmal Pittsburgh offense.Despite a dominant performance by Jacksonville, they led only 9-0 heading into halftime, with Pittsburgh to get the ball to start the third quarter.