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Le'Veon Bell Rumors: Trade 'Likely' If Steelers Use Transition Tag on Star RB

The Pittsburgh Steelers likely won't bring Le'Veon Bell back for the 2019 season despite having the means to match any offer he'd receive on the free-agent market.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Gerry Dulac reported Thursday that "coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Kevin Colbert do not want to go through a third consecutive year of dealing with Bell's disruptive situation and have no desire to sign him to a long-term deal or place the transition tag on him with the intention of keeping him for one more season."

"Ideally, the Steelers would find a team interested in Bell, place the transition tag on him, sign him and trade him to that interested team the same day," Dulac added.