Steelers is now listening to commercial offers for The Veon Bell

PITTSBURGH – The & # 39; Veon Bell is still bankrupt, the Pittsburgh Steelers are so open to business.

Pittsburgh is now listening to commercial offers for the All-Pro defender while he stays away from the team with an unsigned franchise tag, the league sources told Adam Schefter d & # 39; ESPN.

When Bell did not show up the first week, sources said the Steelers planned not to give up its 14.5 million dollar tag or trade it. Bell wants a new contract and is not happy to have been marked for the second year in a row. He stayed in South Florida while the Steelers started the 0-1-1 season.

Bell loses $ 852,941 a week – a one-seventeenth of the total number of labels – every week it does not show up, and it's clear that Bell does not intend to present soon. Last week, Bell was spotted on jet skis, on a yacht and in a nightclub for the release of her album.

Bell is bound by the terms of the label for 2018, so any team that inherits its services must wait until 2019 to sign it. Bell and the Steelers traded until the July 16 deadline and, once that time had elapsed without a new deal, the only option on Bell's field was on the label.

Bell's agent, Adisa Bakari, made it clear during an early September appearance on NFL Live that Bell's goal was to preserve its long-term health. Several offending starting linemen tore up Bell for failing to communicate their intentions to a team that expected it to be there the first week.

In July, a source told ESPN that Bell planned to play a full season and that staying out of the way would be a shock. That was before Los Angeles Rams coach Todd Gurley signed an extension of $ 57 million over four years. Aaron Donald and Khalil Mack have won over $ 100 million in deals, and Bell is one of the best players in the league.

Bell alluded to this scenario even in an interview with ESPN in January.

"I will not be content with anything," he said. "I know what I'm doing and what I bring to the table, I'm not going to pull the ball 400 times if I do not understand what I'm thinking about."

Bell's talent is undeniable, but an NFL general manager told ESPN that Bell's position and its high financial requirements – estimated at more than $ 15 million a year – make a business unattractive.