If Cordarrelle Patterson has an offensive role this season, it will disrupt the Pittsburgh Steelers’ work distribution. Last season, for example, running backs other than Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren functionally did not exist. Anthony McFarland Jr. played a tad bit in the opener, with two touches, but that’s the extent of it.
The reality is the Steelers struggled to find enough touches just for Harris and Warren over the past two years. How can they squeeze in touches for Patterson on top of that? Well, not having Matt Canada being the one trying to figure that out might help.