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Injuries: latest on Bell, Green

There seems to be at least an outside chance that LeVeon Bell (knee) is available Sunday, while it will be another day before we know anything on A.J. Green (concussion). That's the latest on those key AFC injuries.

Bell on Wednesday said he "feels great", although whether that means he'll be able to play on Saturday night is just guesswork. We're proceeding as if he won't be available, and that it will be a committee of Josh Harris, Dri Archer and Ben Tate. But Bell can't yet be ruled out.

As for Green, he's not expected to practice on Wednesday, as he remains in the league's concussion protocol after suffering the injury in Week 17. The Bengals have faced the Colts once this year without Green and won't want to do it again -- they were shut out in the earlier meeting.

So, too early to say for sure on both players. Bell's absence would leave us with very little interest in the Steelers ground game, which would be a committee of lesser players. Green's absence would leave us with little interest in Cincinnati's passing game, although Mohamed Sanu and Jermaine Gresham would get a boost.

--Andy Richardson

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