Ahead of the 2022 NFL season in which the Pittsburgh Steelers are aiming to reduce some of second-year running back Najee Harris’s workload overall, taking him off the field in certain situations, the one main concern now and moving forward with that plan is that there’s seemingly no plan behind the standout running back.
With Harris playing 84% of the snaps in 2021, guys like Benny Snell Jr. and Kalen Ballage simply weren’t needed as much at the position, at least offensively. Now though, with Ballage still on the free agent market and very unlikely to return, the onus to handle an increased workload behind Harris will fall on Snell and third-year running back Anthony McFarland Jr.