I don't think so, he's been practicing, but who knows.

Where did you hear that he won't play?

It was reported on guess who's website.....so, I wouldn't put a lot of stock in it.

That they're all doing equally well, but none of them look like potential stars.

He said there's no Andre Johnsons or Randy Moss' on this team. But there are several guys who can take some pressure off of the core players.

Holthus has spent quite a bit of time over the last couple of interviews talking about injuries and he hasn't mentioned Bell.

Ive read a couple of times most recently in Dean's article about Johnson that Bell has yet to go full speed and the team is not letting him and that DV and Bell both are not confident he's 'ready'.

That's not a good sign.

Rick Dean's article has a quote about Bell that makes you wonder if you know who is right.

Could that be he's not "ready" because he's not getting enough reps, because the team is being too cautious with him? If that's the case, it's easily rectified. I'm not gonna worry too much about it until the guy is actually injured.

From yesterday. Didn't he have a shoulder problem?

Q: You said you haven’t had a chance to turn Kendrell Bell loose this year. What were you talking about? Blitz situations?

VERMEIL: “No, full-speed contact drills, the nine-on-sevens and the half-lines and team and blitz periods. We just haven’t turned him loose because we aren’t confident and he isn’t confident that he’s ready to go.”

Q: Is he going to play Friday?

VERMEIL: “I don’t think so.”

So he's not hurt, they're just being very cautious with him. Doesn't sound good, but it could be worse.

How did he pass the physical?

that's strange...because Bell claimed he was 100% ready to play in the offseason....

Well.....it's not like we didn't know he was injury prone...

Right, and we signed him as such, he really wasn't that costly. It's a high risk/high reward situation. This early in pre-season, there really isn't any pressure to turn him loose anyway. I'm not overly concerned with holding him back at this point. Three weeks from now, I might be...

Exactly.