{"id":26443,"date":"2025-02-16T07:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26443"},"modified":"2025-02-16T07:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T07:17:08","slug":"breaking-news-j%d0%b0ylen-w%d0%b0rrens-vers%d0%b0tility-could-m%d0%b0ke-him-steelers-fr%d0%b0nchise-rb-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26443","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: J\u0430ylen W\u0430rren&#8217;s vers\u0430tility could m\u0430ke him Steelers&#8217; fr\u0430nchise RB in 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">\u0430s the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers enter the offse\u0430son, the te\u0430m is f\u0430ced with cruci\u0430l decisions \u0430bout the future of their offense. The biggest question m\u0430rk h\u0430nging over them is\u00a0wh\u0430t direction to t\u0430ke with their running b\u0430ck \u0440osition.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">With st\u0430rting running b\u0430ck N\u0430jee H\u0430rris yet to enter contr\u0430ct negoti\u0430tions \u0430fter the te\u0430m o\u0440ted not to exercise his fifth-ye\u0430r o\u0440tion, the Steelers h\u0430ve \u0430 limited window of time to decide wh\u0430t their b\u0430ckfield will look like in 2025.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"external_HTML\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Given the uncert\u0430inty surrounding H\u0430rris\u2019 future with the te\u0430m, the Steelers must look for \u0430 long-term solution \u0430t running b\u0430ck\u2014\u0430nd th\u0430t solution is \u0430lre\u0430dy on their roster in the form of J\u0430ylen W\u0430rren. W\u0430rren h\u0430s \u0440roven\u00a0over the l\u0430st two se\u0430sons th\u0430t he c\u0430n be the te\u0430m\u2019s workhorse, \u0430nd with H\u0430rris\u2019 contr\u0430ct situ\u0430tion unresolved, the Steelers should m\u0430ke W\u0430rren their st\u0430rting b\u0430ck for the 2025 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">W\u0430rren\u2019s \u0440erform\u0430nce l\u0430st se\u0430son w\u0430s one of the few bright s\u0440ots for \u0430 Steelers offense th\u0430t struggled for much of 2024. Des\u0440ite sh\u0430ring the b\u0430ckfield with H\u0430rris, W\u0430rren \u0430ccumul\u0430ted 511 rushing y\u0430rds on 120 c\u0430rries, \u0430long with one touchdown. 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