Throughout the Mike Tomlin tenure as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, he has leaned on a bell-cow running back time and time again. Names like Rashard Mendenhall, Le’Veon Bell, James Conner and Najee Harris come to mind.
Those guys all handled significant workloads for the Black and Gold.
The Steelers seem to be getting away from that early in 2025.
After letting Harris walk in free agency, the Steelers drafted rookie Kaleb Johnson in the third round out of Iowa with visions of him splitting the workload with veteran Jaylen Warren. But through two games, that hasn’t been the case.