The Pittsburgh Steelers knew they would be without their workhorse back Le'Veon Bell to start the 2015 season thanks to a looming suspension from his August 2014 arrest.
Their band-aid solution? Sign veteran free agent running back DeAngelo Williams.
On the surface, the move made sense.
Williams is that veteran back with years of NFL experience and relatively little tread on his tires (over his career he's averaged just 12.2 carries per game with the Panthers). But much of the reason for this relatively light workload was due to ineffectiveness -- teammate Jonathan Stewart outplayed him last year to take the lead back job in Carolina outright -- and injury, which isn't exactly an ideal background for someone expected to carry the Steelers' ground game.