Pittsburgh Steelers RB Anthony McFarland Jr. wasn’t widely expected to secure a spot on the team’s opening 53-man roster heading into training camp, but McFarland was able to win the No. 3 running back job. It doesn’t seem like the team is going to go outside the organization either, making McFarland’s job safe for now. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin talked about what he saw out of McFarland that allowed him to make the roster.
“Continual growth. Playmaking, one-on-one playmaking, he has a distinguishing trait that kind of distinguishes him from his position group. He won in space more than others,” Tomlin said via Steelers.