This past Sunday, something seemed amiss to me as I watched Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell routinely leave the field, or at least motion out wide, in order to give way to DeAngelo Williams during short-yardage situations in the first half of the team’s loss to the Chiefs.
Later in the week, head coach Mike Tomlin confirmed that he had given Williams the role of short-yardage back for the game, but that that would not necessarily be true moving forward. Evidently it was an experiment aimed toward seeking opportunities to expand the veteran’s playing time behind the dynamic Bell.