NFL Investigating Steelers

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http://cin.247sports.com/Bolt/NFL-looking-into-Steelers-handling-of-LeVeon-Bells-injury-50867058

Quote:ESPN's Adam Schefter has reported that the NFL will look into the whether the Steelers failed to list Le'Veon Bell properly on injury report last week, according to a league official.

Bell, who had just six carries in Pittsburgh's loss to the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game, aggravated a groin injury that had apparently been bothering him prior to Sunday's game. Mike Tomlin acknowledged that Bell had been dealing with the injury prior to the game despite the injury not appearing on the team's injury reports during his season ending press conference on Tuesday.

Tomlin explained the team's decision to not list Bell's injury on the injury reports on the days leading up to Sunday's game.

“It wasn’t significant to the point where it affected planning or the anticipation of planning in any way," Tomlin said. "It’s unfortunate that it became an issue in game.

“[Bell] was doing a great job of managing it,” Tomlin continued. “It didn’t cause him to miss any practice time, let alone game time. It was something to manage. When you look at the journey that is the season, I think just about every guy down there is dealing with and managing something in an effort to stay on the grass.”

Bell's situation mirrors what the Seattle Seahawks have been dealing with in regard to cornerback Richard Sherman, as Sherman's name was not in Seattle's previous injury reports despite the cornerback dealing with a knee injury for "several weeks," according to Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.

They might wanna start by investigating some of Big Ben's "injuries".