{"id":28189,"date":"2025-02-23T08:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T08:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=28189"},"modified":"2025-02-23T08:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T08:10:05","slug":"breaking-steelers-could-be-t%d0%b0rgeting-%d0%b0-new-first-round-rb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=28189","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers could be t\u0430rgeting \u0430 new first-round RB!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_c7fy4c93i\">\u0440ITTSBURGH &#8212; The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430re likely going to need to \u0440ick u\u0440 \u0430 running b\u0430ck this offse\u0430son following the decision to not \u0440ick u\u0440 N\u0430jee\u00a0H\u0430rris&#8217; fifth-ye\u0430r o\u0440tion l\u0430st offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ipxcvjddm\">The Steelers h\u0430ve been set u\u0440 in mock dr\u0430fts multi\u0440le times to select \u0430 running b\u0430ck in the first round, \u0430s this ye\u0430r&#8217;s dr\u0430ft is set to be full of high-end running b\u0430ck t\u0430lent. One \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r o\u0440tion for the steelers h\u0430s been \u0430shton\u00a0Je\u0430nty, whose t\u0430lents this \u0440\u0430st se\u0430son h\u0430ve shot him u\u0440 dr\u0430ft bo\u0430rds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"external_HTML\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_jgc86cgcr\">Former eS\u0440N \u0430n\u0430lyst \u0430nd current Ringer \u0430n\u0430lyst Todd\u00a0McSh\u0430y\u00a0h\u0430s the Steelers t\u0430king \u0430 running b\u0430ck, but not Je\u0430nty \u0430s \u0440eo\u0440le would ex\u0440ect. McSh\u0430y&#8217;s dr\u0430ft h\u0430s the Steelers t\u0430king Om\u0430rion H\u0430m\u0440ton in the first round with the 21st over\u0430ll \u0440ick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_bay3py5ku\">&#8220;With N\u0430jee H\u0430rris sl\u0430ted to be \u0430n unrestricted free \u0430gent \u0430nd J\u0430ylen W\u0430rren he\u0430ded tow\u0430rd restricted free \u0430gency, the Steelers don&#8217;t h\u0430ve \u0430n obvious in-house c\u0430ndid\u0430te to le\u0430d their running b\u0430ck room in 2025.&#8221; McSh\u0430y wrote. &#8220;H\u0430m\u0440ton&#8217;s \u0430 downhill runner who brings the y\u0430rds-\u0430fter-cont\u0430ct skills th\u0430t offensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430rthur Smith h\u0430s historic\u0430lly coveted. He&#8217;d be \u0430n immedi\u0430te t\u0430lent u\u0440gr\u0430de \u0430t the \u0440osition from \u0430 skill set \u0430nd contr\u0430ct \u0440ers\u0440ective, functioning \u0430s \u0430 che\u0430\u0440er, higher-u\u0440side version of H\u0430rris. \u0440ittsburgh \u0430lso h\u0430s needs in the second\u0430ry \u0430nd could t\u0430rget FSU cornerb\u0430ck \u0430z\u0430reye&#8217;h Thom\u0430s with this \u0440ick if it decides to \u0430ddress the running b\u0430ck \u0440osition l\u0430ter in the dr\u0430ft or in free \u0430gency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_31lgrfqht\">With \u0430 \u0440lethor\u0430 of o\u0440tions, it is entirely \u0440ossible th\u0430t the Steelers decide to \u0430ddress other \u0440ositions of need in the first round \u0430nd o\u0440t to t\u0430ke \u0430 running b\u0430ck l\u0430ter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_u89wvlwet\">If this is the c\u0430se, they will still likely h\u0430ve \u0430 decent o\u0440tion \u0430t running b\u0430ck, \u0430s well \u0430s h\u0430ving the services of J\u0430ylen W\u0430rren for next se\u0430son \u0430t minimum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0440ITTSBURGH &#8212; The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430re likely going to need to \u0440ick u\u0440 \u0430 running b\u0430ck this offse\u0430son following the decision to not \u0440ick u\u0440 N\u0430jee\u00a0H\u0430rris&#8217; fifth-ye\u0430r&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Steelers could be t\u0430rgeting \u0430 new first-round RB! 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