While the Pittsburgh Steelers have done much this offseason to address depth and competition in many areas of the roster, one position that they didn’t especially attack was at running back. Indeed, they did not even re-sign last year’s third-string back, Benny Snell Jr., who in fact remains a free agent.
Perhaps that’s partially because of the organizational belief in Anthony McFarland Jr., the 2020 fourth-round pick who has done relatively little since arriving in the NFL and indeed spent all but one game last season on the practice squad.
But that was because of Jaylen Warren’s emergence as a college free agent rookie and Snell’s key special teams role.