The Pittsburgh Steelers will play the Baltimore Ravens for a second time this season on Sunday and that contest will mark the second consecutive meeting between the two teams that running back Le’Veon Bell hasn’t played in. On Thursday, however, Ravens defensive coordinator Wink Martindale let it be known during his weekly media session that the Steelers not having Bell this season might not actually be a bad thing.
“There are a lot of stats [since 2015] that the Steelers are actually better without him,” Martindale said Thursday of the still AWOL Bell.