Shoes
02-18-2021, 02:37 PM
It’s true: You can find serviceable running backs anywhere.
Also true: You don’t need a stud back to win the Super Bowl. Of the past 13 Super Bowl champs, just three featured a 1,000-yard rusher.
But that doesn’t mean you look a gift Harris in the mouth.
If a major talent drops into your lap — the way Leonard Fournette landed in Tampa Bay (cheap free agent deal) or Nick Chubb in Cleveland (35th pick) — you gratefully accept. Especially if you’re the Steelers, knowing you’ve always done your best work with a big-time ball carrier in the building.
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/joe-starkey/2021/02/17/pitstburgh-steelers-nfl-draft-mock-Najee-Harris-joe-starkey/stories/202102170107
Also true: You don’t need a stud back to win the Super Bowl. Of the past 13 Super Bowl champs, just three featured a 1,000-yard rusher.
But that doesn’t mean you look a gift Harris in the mouth.
If a major talent drops into your lap — the way Leonard Fournette landed in Tampa Bay (cheap free agent deal) or Nick Chubb in Cleveland (35th pick) — you gratefully accept. Especially if you’re the Steelers, knowing you’ve always done your best work with a big-time ball carrier in the building.
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/joe-starkey/2021/02/17/pitstburgh-steelers-nfl-draft-mock-Najee-Harris-joe-starkey/stories/202102170107