Passing on RB Najee Harris’ fifth-year option is one of the most surprising moves the Pittsburgh Steelers made this offseason. Reports at the time indicated that the Steelers wanted to see his fit with new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith first.
Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette issued that report, and now he has another, slipped into an article yesterday. He writes that even following the preseason, the Steelers still have no intention of extending Harris this year.
“Meantime, extending [Pat] Freiermuth would make sense”, Dulac writes, “because the Steelers have a number of consequential players who will be free agents after the season, including Russell Wilson, Justin Fields, Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren.