The Pittsburgh Steelers, like all NFL teams, are seriously preparing for their NFL season opener, but the Steelers are doing so with one very big component of their offense missing.
After missing all of training camp, Le’Veon Bell is continuing his holdout as he hopes for a long-term deal. Missing camp is nothing horrendous, but the situation got serious Monday, when he did not show up for the start of the workweek. Nor was he present for meetings when the team assembled at 9 a.m. Wednesday, and at least one of his teammates doesn’t like his odds of showing up for that day’s practice: An unnamed Steelers player told the NFL Network’s Aditi Kinkhabwala that he puts the chances of that happening at just 30 percent.