Najee Harris provided the Pittsburgh Steelers with a stable presence in their backfield for the past four seasons. However, he left them this offseason, signing with the Los Angeles Chargers. That leaves the Steelers with a hole at their starting running back spot. While it seems like Jaylen Warren could be in pole position for that spot, rookie Kaleb Johnson should be used early and often. He’s working on cleaning up areas of his game, like pass protection. The backs-on-backers drill in training camp should help him with that, as Johnson is aware.
“That’s the first thing I saw on Twitter was Jaylen [Warren] taking one of the linebackers out, and I was hype,” Johnson said Saturday via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s YouTube channel.