Pittsburgh Steelers RB Najee Harris eclipsed 4.0 yards per carry in 2023 for the first time in his career. He also found the end zone eight times. So a lot of Steelers fans expected the team to pick up his fifth-year option.
However, the Steelers declined to do so. So now 2024 is a contract season for Harris. It is arguably the most important season of Harris’ career. But could fellow RB Jaylen Warren put a wrench in Harris’ plans for a big second contract?
“During his long tenure in Pittsburgh, Mike Tomlin has favored more of a bell-cow approach in the backfield, with Harris pacing the NFL in touches (381) as a rookie,” Eric Edholm wrote in his article on veterans who could lose starting roles in 2024 for NFL.