For NFL teams entering camp, they have a pretty good idea of their roster and their future. Where they’re strong, where they’re weak, the general feel and outlook of the season. But Mike Tomlin candidly admits he has no idea how kickoffs will function this season or even who the team will use back there besides the historically good Cordarrelle Patterson. But Patterson is sidelined with a hamstring injury, and the new rules require two deep return men. RB Jaylen Warren could fill that role.
Through the first three days of camp, Warren has practiced fielding kickoffs during the early portions of the team’s special teams period.