The question every Monday and Tuesday surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers seems to be about if this will be the week that Le'Veon Bell will report to the team. Not everyone cares though and according to guard David DeCastro who says people inside the locker room aren't wasting their time on that anymore.

“Honestly, no one cares anymore,” said Steelers guard David DeCastro via NFL.com. “Why would I? I don't want to waste the energy. I have to block some of the best players on the best defense in the world. Do you think I'm going to worry about a guy who's not here?”

It might be a bigger story if the Steelers would be having issues running the ball, but with James Conner in the backfield, the team has barely skipped a beat. Conner is the bell cow for this team and has rushed for at least 100 yards in each of the last four games. On the season he has rushed for 706 yards and nine touchdowns.

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The Steelers sit with a 5-2-1 record which is good enough for first place in the AFC North. The team got off to a slow start, but they are playing better football now and look to be one of the teams that could challenge the New England Patriots in the AFC.

“I don't want to take anything away from James, but the big boys up front are opening holes,” Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said. “It's a collective effort. James is going above and beyond. I'm more pleased by what he's doing in the passing gameand as far as blitz pickup. That's a little more unique than the rushing. We knew he could run the ball ever since he showed up at Pitt at 18 or 19.”