Finally, that big mouth in your fantasy football league can shut his yap about some rookie running back getting healthy!
Le’Veon Bell will reportedly be the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ starting running back when the team takes on the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. This is pretty surprising for fantasy owners considering most weren’t expecting the first-year running back to be healthy until at least the second week of October.
However, the Steelers have reportedly seen Bell make drastic strides in practice as his foot injury doesn’t appear to be as severe as previously thought.
Huge news for Steelers, team is now planning to play RB Le’Veon Bell this week. Progressed faster than they thought.
— Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) September 24, 2013
Keep in mind that this rookie back is no stranger to the gridiron as he was an absolute workhorse for the Michigan State Spartan in 2012 — Bell rushed for 1,793 rush yards last season and toted the ball more than 380 times! Unfortunately, Pittsburgh’s offensive line is in shambles, so it might be rather difficult for the inexperienced Bell to get a ton of open lanes versus the Vikings.
Even still, Bell should be in your starting line-up this week as the Minnesota run defense is rather poor and the Steelers have no problem giving Bell the carries. Believe it or not; the Steelers have had three different leading rushers in the last three games and if Bell does his job that stat will increase to four.
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