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‘It’s Old-School Football’: Baldinger Thinks Steelers ‘Got Themselves A Back’ In Kaleb Johnson

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If you are a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ tradition of big-bodied running backs, then you will love their third-round pick of Iowa RB Kaleb Johnson. At 6010 and 224 pounds, he is another in a long line of bully-ball running backs in Pittsburgh. NFL Network’s Brian Baldinger thinks he is a throwback to the good old days.

“You could watch this stuff in black and white,” Baldinger said Friday night in a clip on X. “It’s old-school football. He’s got a good feel for it, good feel for [where] the creases are, where the daylight is, and constantly making big runs.