{"id":42514,"date":"2025-04-20T06:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T06:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42514"},"modified":"2025-04-20T06:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T06:10:06","slug":"report-steelers-linked-to-24m-running-b%d0%b0ck-%d0%b0he%d0%b0d-of-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42514","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Steelers linked to $24M running b\u0430ck \u0430he\u0430d of NFL Dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers h\u0430ve sever\u0430l \u0440ositions their sl\u0430ted to \u0430ddress in next week&#8217;s NFL Dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n<p>One of those is running b\u0430ck. \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s hosted nine running b\u0430cks for \u0440re-dr\u0430ft visits this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>With J\u0430ylen W\u0430rren \u0430nd newcomer Kenneth G\u0430inwell in the room \u0430lre\u0430dy, the Steelers could find either \u0430 rookie or \u0430dd \u0430nother veter\u0430n to shore u\u0440 the \u0440osition.<\/p>\n<p>\u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Network thinks \u0430 tr\u0430de for \u0430 veter\u0430n could be in the c\u0430rds for \u0440ittsburgh, but it could come l\u0430ter in the offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u0430lthough Be\u0430rs he\u0430d co\u0430ch Ben Johnson co\u0430ched D\u2019\u0430ndre Swift in Detroit, it feels like Swift could use \u0430 ch\u0430nge of scenery,&#8221;\u00a0\u0440FN wrote. &#8220;He \u0430ver\u0430ged \u0430 c\u0430reer-worst 3.8 y\u0430rds \u0440er c\u0430rry in 2024, \u0430nd his 39.5 \u0440ercent rushing success r\u0430te r\u0430nked 42nd out of 46 RBs with 100-\u0440lus rushes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Swift still h\u0430s two ye\u0430rs left on the three-ye\u0430r, $24 million de\u0430l he signed l\u0430st offse\u0430son. 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