After losing RB Najee Harris in free agency, the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Iowa RB Kaleb Johnson in the third round, and Johnson is expected to play a key role along with Jaylen Warren in Pittsburgh’s backfield. While Johnson was projected by many pundits to be gone by the time the Steelers’ third-round pick rolled around, NFL film guru Greg Cosell isn’t as big a fan of Johnson’s game. On The Ross Tucker Football podcast, Cosell questioned some of Johnson’s traits.
“I thought he was a little bit of a paint-by-number zone runner. And by that I mean, if it’s blocked well, and it was almost all zone at Iowa, that’s what they ran,” Cosell said.