The Pittsburgh Steelers have used a midround draft pick on the running back position in four consecutive years now. That is the first time this has happened since the 1990s, and that is only if you include Jon Witman in the conversation, who was a fullback.
The point is, it’s rare that the Steelers have had this sort of pedigree built up in the backfield all at the same time. And while they have had some talented number two backs in the past—Le’Veon Bell’s backups, for example, LeGarrette Blount and DeAngelo Williams—they weren’t utilized under Mike Tomlin, who has professed a workhorse back mentality.