Kaleb Johnson isn’t having the start to his Pittsburgh Steelers’ career he envisioned. Even before his kickoff flub against the Seattle Seahawks, a play that will sit on lowlight reels for the next decade, he was already struggling. His problems seem likely to usher him to the bench this weekend as inactive, creating an opportunity for practice squad RB Trey Sermon to benefit the most.
A lack of well-roundedness in Johnson’s game made him hard to trust out of the backfield. Whatever skills he brought as a runner were mitigated by questions in the pass game. There isn’t enough trust in him as a blocker and receiver, especially for a 41-year-old perfectionist quarterback like Aaron Rodgers.