stillers4me
01-11-2017, 05:36 AM
On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers played their first postseason game with their starting running back in five games, dating all the way back to Super Bowl XLV at the end of the 2010 season. third-year running back Rashard Mendenhall was the Steelers’ workhorse at the time, though he rushed for just 63 yards on 14 attempts in that game.
Against the Dolphins, the Steelers actually had the luxury of having Le’Veon Bell healthy. He had not been for the team’s three previous playoff games over the course of the past two years; in fact, it marked his postseason debut.
And he played like a man hungry for that opportunity, rushing for 167 yards on 29 carries and two touchdowns. The 167 yards broke a 42-year-old franchise record for rushing yards in a playoff game, which was held by Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris.
The four postseason games between then and that Super Bowl have all featured backup running backs—even third-string running backs, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they have always delivered a poor performance. In light of Bell’s record-setting day and how much it meant for him to be healthy for the first time in three trips to the playoffs, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on that four-game period.............
Read more @ http://www.steelersdepot.com/2017/01/recent-run-backup-rbs-playoffs-adds-appreciation-leveon-bell/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Against the Dolphins, the Steelers actually had the luxury of having Le’Veon Bell healthy. He had not been for the team’s three previous playoff games over the course of the past two years; in fact, it marked his postseason debut.
And he played like a man hungry for that opportunity, rushing for 167 yards on 29 carries and two touchdowns. The 167 yards broke a 42-year-old franchise record for rushing yards in a playoff game, which was held by Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris.
The four postseason games between then and that Super Bowl have all featured backup running backs—even third-string running backs, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they have always delivered a poor performance. In light of Bell’s record-setting day and how much it meant for him to be healthy for the first time in three trips to the playoffs, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on that four-game period.............
Read more @ http://www.steelersdepot.com/2017/01/recent-run-backup-rbs-playoffs-adds-appreciation-leveon-bell/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter