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Before Jacksonville and Pittsburgh tangled on opening day, the Jaguars knew little about Steelers rookie inside linebacker Kendrell Bell. There weren't many game-film appearances of Bell to access, and he hadn't earned much of a national reputation at Georgia.
"That first game, I thought he was a solid player," Jaguars center Jeff Smith says. "I thought he'd be a good player eventually. I didn't know he'd get so good so fast."
By Week 10, when the AFC Central rivals hooked up a second time, Bell's curve was complete.
In the second quarter, he charged up the middle on a blitz and knocked Smith flat on his back. It was the definition of a ...