After four years of posting 1,000 rushing yards, Najee Harris left for the Los Angeles Chargers. The Steelers brought in Kenneth Gainwell, but the backfield only consists of him, Jaylen Warren, and a potentially-eventual-cut Cordarrelle Patterson. It’s why the team is scouring the Earth for a running back and why the sleeper prospect Pittsburgh should draft is Oregon’s Jordan James.
Pittsburgh has enough talent with Gainwell and Warren that they don’t exactly need a “feature back.” One of those might be nice to have, but there are a couple of areas the Steelers might target in the draft.