Mike Tomlin. Kevin Colbert. Art Rooney II. All of them said that the Pittsburgh Steelers needed to improve upon its run game from last season. The team rushed for just 1447 yards with seven touchdowns, both 29th in the league, in spite of the fact that they ranked 20th in carries. Their team 3.7 yards per carry was 30th.
Consider this: they rushed for 1445 yards in 2018, but they did so on just 345 carries. Last year, they had 395 carries: 50 more attempts for two more yards.