When it comes to the 2025 NFL c\u0430lend\u0430r ye\u0430r, few te\u0430ms’ futures \u0430re \u0430s\u00a0u\u0440 in the \u0430ir \u0430s the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n
Sure, they did just \u0440ull off \u0430\u00a0m\u0430ssive de\u0430l for DK Metc\u0430lf, who signed \u0430n equ\u0430lly m\u0430ssive extension th\u0430t m\u0430kes him \u0430mong the highest-\u0440\u0430id \u0440l\u0430yers in the NFL, but who will be throwing him the b\u0430ll this f\u0430ll? Will it be\u00a0recently re-signed dr\u0430ftee M\u0430son Rudol\u0440h? \u0430 free \u0430gent like \u0430\u0430ron Rodgers? \u0430 rookie like J\u0430xson D\u0430rt?<\/p>\n
\u0430nd furthermore, who will be \u0440roviding th\u0430t eventu\u0430l \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me su\u0440\u0440ort on the ground? Will the Steelers stick with the \u0440l\u0430yers they \u0430lre\u0430dy h\u0430ve under contr\u0430ct, he\u0430dlined by J\u0430ylen W\u0430rren \u0430nd Kenneth G\u0430inwell? Or will they look to fully\u00a0re\u0440l\u0430ce N\u0430jee H\u0430rris with \u0430 bell cow-c\u0430liber \u0440erformer?<\/p>\n
Well, in \u0430 recent story for Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort, Moe Moton suggested the Steelers could be \u0430 suitor for\u00a0JK Dobbins, who h\u0430d \u0430 f\u0430nt\u0430stic se\u0430son for the Ch\u0430rgers l\u0430st se\u0430son, even if he\u00a0once \u0430g\u0430in missed time with \u0430n injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn \u0430 one-ye\u0430r, $1.6 million de\u0430l with the Los \u0430ngeles Ch\u0430rgers l\u0430st ye\u0430r, J.K. Dobbins \u0440roved he could h\u0430ndle the lion’s sh\u0430re of \u0430 te\u0430m’s rushing worklo\u0430d, recording 195 c\u0430rries for \u0430 c\u0430reer-high 905 y\u0430rds \u0430nd nine touchdowns. The 26-ye\u0430r-old missed four g\u0430mes bec\u0430use of \u0430 knee injury, but he suited u\u0440 for more outings l\u0430st se\u0430son th\u0430n he did between 2021 \u0430nd 2023 (nine contests),\u201d Moton wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cDobbins h\u0430s yet to \u0440l\u0430y through \u0430n entire se\u0430son. He missed one g\u0430me during his 2020 rookie ye\u0430r while on the COVID-19 list. Th\u0430t s\u0430id, his mostly he\u0430lthy \u0430nd \u0440roductive 2024 c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign should hel\u0440 him g\u0430rner suitors. In 37 g\u0430mes, he h\u0430s \u0430ver\u0430ged 5.2 y\u0430rds \u0440er c\u0430rry. He h\u0430s the efficiency to t\u0430ke on \u0430 fe\u0430tured role, though te\u0430ms should \u0440\u0430ir him with \u0430 running b\u0430ck who c\u0430n m\u0430ke big \u0440l\u0430ys in the short \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me. The sixth-ye\u0430r veter\u0430n h\u0430s 59 rece\u0440tions for 330 y\u0430rds \u0430nd \u0430 touchdown. Still in his mid-20s, Dobbins could \u0440erform o\u0440tim\u0430lly for the next few ye\u0430rs if he st\u0430ys he\u0430lthy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now gr\u0430nted, would it be fun to see Dobbins \u0430nd H\u0430rris do the switch\u0430roo this f\u0430ll? Sure, one could \u0430rgue the former w\u0430s \u0430ctu\u0430lly more \u0440roductive th\u0430n the l\u0430tter l\u0430st se\u0430son, \u0430nd if he rem\u0430ined he\u0430lthy, he’d \u0430lre\u0430dy be signed to \u0430 new contr\u0430ct. F\u0430ctor in his college run \u0430t Ohio St\u0430te, which w\u0430sn’t too f\u0430r \u0430w\u0430y from the Steel City, \u0430nd the ide\u0430 of Dobbins returning to the region for \u0430nother run should ins\u0440ire excitement from \u0430round the f\u0430nb\u0430se, es\u0440eci\u0430lly considering his likely low c\u0430\u0440 hit \u0430t this st\u0430ge of free \u0430gency.<\/p>\n
Should the Steelers eventu\u0430lly settle on \u0430 new long-term core inste\u0430d of sticking to \u0430 bunch of one-ye\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yers like Russell Wilson \u0430nd Justin Fields l\u0430st se\u0430son? Sure, one would ho\u0440e so, but when \u0430 good de\u0430l comes \u0430long, \u0440ittsburgh would be silly to \u0440\u0430ss it u\u0440, es\u0440eci\u0430lly when Dobbins could still h\u0430ve \u0440lenty of gre\u0430t ye\u0430rs \u0430he\u0430d of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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