Le'Veon Bell may very well be headed to Pittsburgh's next opponent. On Sunday, after ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that the Steelers are listening to trade offers for Bell, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has reported that the Buccaneers -- Pittsburgh's next opponent -- are one of three teams seriously considering trading for Bell. The other two teams are the New York Jets and the Indianapolis Colts.

Tampa Bay enters Monday night's contest with a 2-0 record after defeating the Saints in Orleans in Week 1 before defeating the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles at home this past Sunday. Spearheading the Buccaneers' strong start to the season has been veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who has completed 48 of his 61 pass attempts thus far for 819 yards and 8 touchdowns against just 1 interception. In Sunday's victory over the Eagles, Fitzpatrick, who is playing in place of suspended quarterback Jameis Winston, completed 27 of his 33 pass attempts for 402 yards with four touchdowns and a pick.

Tampa Bay's defense has been just good enough to help Tampa Bay get out to their 2-0 start. The unit allowed 40 points 432 passing yards in their Week 1 victory over Drew Brees and the Saints. In Sunday's victory over the Eagles, the Buccaneers' defense allowed Philadelphia quarterback Nick Foles to throw for 334 yards and a score as the Eagles' offense produced 412 yards in total offense.

While the Steelers are dealing with Bell and Brown's ongoing drama, the Buccaneers are dealing with a growing quarterback controversy. DeSean Jackson, who has enjoyed a strong start to the season, recently lobbied for Fitzpatrick to keep his job as Tampa Bay's starting quarterback even after Winston is eligible to return from his suspension. Jackson will certainly look to have another big game on Monday night while strengthening Fitzpatrick's case to remain the team's starting quarterback.

“He’s been playing on fire right now,” Jackson told the NFL Network (h/t the New York Post). “With the way the team is rallying behind him and just playing lights-out football, you have to kind of honor it. You know what I’m saying? You can’t take the hot man out. You got the hot fire right now. It’s like ‘NBA Jam.’ We used to play ‘NBA Jam’ — whoever’s got that hot fire shot, you got to keep shooting, man."

Bell bounced back from a MCL injury in 2015 to post the best statistical season of his career in 2016, amassing 1,844 all-purpose yards in just 12 regular season games. Bell set franchise regular season and postseason records that season, rushing for a franchise regular season single game record 236 yards against the Buffalo Bills before rushing for a postseason franchise single game record 170 yards in a playoff victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Bell was again bitten by the injury bug during the 2016 AFC Championship Game, when a nagging groin injury sidelined Bell after just six carries. After holding out throughout the team's 2017 training camp and preseason, Bell endured a slow start to the season before finishing with 1,944 all-purpose yards and earning his second All-Pro nod.

While no one is positive where he'll play next, one thing has been made clear based on Schefter's report: Le'Veon Bell has played his final snap for the Pittsburgh Steelers. While Bell's handling of his contract situation may raise some red flags, there will be at least one NFL team willing to offer the Steelers something that will enable them to part with Bell while getting something in return. Bell's new team, whoever that will be, will be able to offer him a long-term contract offer immediately. Or they could simply wait until the 2019 offseason before making Bell a longterm offer.