While the Steelers want to run the ball this year, the running backs need to prove that they can. Up to this point, with two veterans and one rookie, they haven’t. Some of their preseason numbers look good, but most came at the end of games. Lew Nichols accounted for a lot of that production and earned a practice squad spot accordingly.
But it’s Jaylen Warren, Kaleb Johnson, and Kenneth Gainwell as the running backs on the Steelers’ 53-man roster. Warren barely played in the preseason, and they kept run schemes very simple, for what it’s worth.