There’s a lot we already know about Pittsburgh Steelers running backs Jaylen Warren and Kenneth Gainwell. Two players we know far less about, Kaleb Johnson and Lew Nichols, got plenty of action in the Steelers’ 17-14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Saturday night at Acrisure Stadium. Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph liked what he saw from those two.
“I think you saw some streaks, some flashes last week,” Rudolph said of Johnson via the Steelers’ YouTube channel. “Probably a lot of nerves in anyone’s first game. But man, he ran it well tonight.”
Rudolph’s referring to Johnson’s first NFL game against the Jacksonville Jaguars last week.