It's Week 12, which means the Denver Broncos are taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Which means it's a good time to highlight an interesting yet highly speculative article penned by Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio.

Reporting on Le'Veon Bell's decision to sit out this year, Florio listed a number of potential suitors for the soon-to-be-former Steelers running back. Among the teams were — you guessed it! — the Broncos, whom we should "watch most closely" to sign Bell as a free agent next March.

The Jets, Dolphins, Ravens, Browns, Colts, Raiders, Eagles, Redskins, Packers, and Buccaneers were also named by Florio, who appeared to do more dart-throwing than informed-guessing.

New York, tentatively, is considered the frontrunner.

The Jets should be the team to watch the most closely, depending on who the coach will be in 2019. Unless the next coach will be planning to use a rotation at running back, Bell would definitely make sense — if the overriding goal is to get the fans motivated to part ways with their money.

It's a tantalizing thought unfortunately rooted in fantasy — as far as Denver goes, at least. There's a non-zero chance they mortgage their future at a position of luxury for a 27-year-old player coming off a season-long absence who reportedly is seeking $45 million guaranteed. In the NFL, where approaching-30 RBs are extremely devalued, that's crazy talk.

Even if the Broncos carried this sort of cash, they wouldn't welcome Bell's toxic personality into a locker room with a new head coach. There's going to be a culture change in the Mile High City, something the part-time rapper and social media maven isn't conducive to.

No, the Broncos aren't serious players for Bell's services. They weren't before and won't be later. What for? To bench the (potential) reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year or the impressive workhorse you just blew a third-round pick on? Doesn't make sense.

The closest they'll come to Bell is if somebody mentions his name, such as Von Miller did Wednesday in discussing the perennial Pro Bowler's ballyhooed holdout.

"I'm gonna say this, every contract situation is totally different," Miller said. "Especially in the National Football League, you want to put yourself in a situation...when it comes contract time, I'm a team guy, everybody knows that. But when it comes to the contract, especially for the next couple of years, you gotta do what's best for you. And I would say to Le'Veon, 'just continue to do what's best for you. Sometimes, the outside world isn't going to look at it how you look at it.' And that's true. I've felt that as well. At the end of the day, you have to do what's right for you, what's right for the enterprise of Von Miller, or Le'Veon Bell."