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Backfield Brawl: Tomlin Sees Matchup Of Steelers and Packers’ Backfields As A ‘Significant Undercurrent Of This Game’

When the Green Bay Packers come to town, they will be rocking a notable running back tandem in the backfield that will look to give Pittsburgh fits in the running game.

RBs Aaron Jones and A.J. Dillon have become quite a 1-2 punch in the league the last several seasons as Jones has been the slasher that wins with speed, quickness, and his receiving prowess out of the backfield while Dillon is the big bruising back that can churn out the tough yardage in-between the tackles, wearing down opposing defenses.

Speaking to Bob Pompeani on his keys to the game segment of The Mike Tomlin Show, Tomlin pointed to the battle of the backfields as a significant component of this game that Pittsburgh must attempt to win on both sides of the football on Sunday.