There will always be times when the playcalling by the Pittsburgh Steelers won’t work and it will be a talking point for the fans. This happened in last week’s tie with the Detroit Lions when the Steelers opted to throw the ball near the goal line rather than run it with rookie sensation Najee Harris.
On Friday, Harris was asked about how to fix the problems in the red zone and he kept it simple. “Just run the ball, I guess. I guess that’d fix a lot of things.”
But is it really that simple? Everyone wants the Steelers to run the football more but using last week as an example, who exactly does that happen? We read 50 pass attempts by quarterback Mason Rudolph and assume something went wrong but Harris had 26 carries on his own.
Harris leads the league in total touches and has had 20 or more touches in seven games. That’s a ridiculous workload for a rookie. Pittsburgh has to find ways to generate offense consistently without including Harris in the mix if the team doesn’t want him to break down.
“Just run the ball, I guess. I guess that’d fix a lot of things.”
Thought this was an interesting exchange today with Najee Harris, first @CarterCritiques then me, and wrote about the Steelers rookies wanting to put the offense on their shoulders.https://t.co/RpVBaRNfiR pic.twitter.com/3Rv7PVFlY3
— Brian Batko (@BrianBatko) November 19, 2021
