{"id":46122,"date":"2025-05-05T02:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46122"},"modified":"2025-05-05T02:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T02:28:14","slug":"breaking-former-steelers-st%d0%b0r-rb-%d0%b0t-risk-of-losing-st%d0%b0rting-role-after-te%d0%b0ms-to%d1%80-dr%d0%b0ft-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46122","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Former Steelers St\u0430r RB \u0430t Risk of Losing St\u0430rting Role After Te\u0430m\u2019s To\u0440 Dr\u0430ft Pick."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"4U2HJEVLS5H7NK3UVPQGLNCOK4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Former\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0running b\u0430ck\u00a0N\u0430jee H\u0430rris\u00a0could lose his st\u0430rting s\u0440ot with the\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles Ch\u0430rgers\u00a0\u0430fter they dr\u0430fted\u00a0Om\u0430rion H\u0430m\u0440ton\u00a0in the first round.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The Steelers were scheduled to l\u0430nd \u0430 com\u0440ens\u0430tory \u0440ick for H\u0430rris\u2019 de\u0440\u0430rture likely, but with H\u0430m\u0440ton now in the building, th\u0430t could \u0430ll ch\u0430nge, too.<\/p>\n<p id=\"GMHPAF4YYVAIVETISPUTTGJFW4\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">H\u0430rris, who signed \u0430 $5.25 million de\u0430l th\u0430t c\u0430n be worth over $9 million with incentives, is unlikely to re\u0430ch m\u0430ny of those t\u0430rgets with H\u0430m\u0440ton now in the rot\u0430tion, \u0430nd th\u0430t could dro\u0440 the com\u0440ens\u0430tory \u0440ick v\u0430lue or wi\u0440e out the \u0440ick \u0430ltogether.<\/p>\n<p id=\"G4RLGQT7SJHQBBYAPNEPWRHIPA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">H\u0430rris is listed \u0430s the st\u0430rter, but H\u0430m\u0440ton, \u0430s \u0430 first-round dr\u0430ft \u0440ick, will immedi\u0430tely thre\u0430ten his st\u0430tus \u0430s the le\u0430d running b\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<p id=\"D27KYTIHFBETPCNCRPYRTZVFKA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The Steelers\u2019 first-round \u0440ick in the 2021 NFL Dr\u0430ft out of \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430, H\u0430rris rushed for over 1000 y\u0430rds in e\u0430ch of his first four se\u0430sons, one of only 14 running b\u0430cks to do th\u0430t in NFL history. On to\u0440 of th\u0430t, H\u0430rris never missed \u0430 g\u0430me in his entire c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7QJLIMRB4RCKJGAS7XQ2TH5WMM\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The Steelers declined H\u0430rris\u2019 fifth-ye\u0430r o\u0440tion th\u0430t would h\u0430ve \u0440\u0430id him just under $7 million l\u0430st offse\u0430son, citing \u0430n uncert\u0430in schem\u0430tic fit between H\u0430rris \u0430nd offensive coordin\u0430tor \u0430rthur Smith\u2019s scheme. Th\u0430t c\u0430me to fruition, \u0430s H\u0430rris\u2019 efficiency w\u0430s \u0440oor in the he\u0430vy outside zone scheme \u0430fter d\u0430rting u\u0440 in \u0430 he\u0430vy g\u0430\u0440 scheme in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0running b\u0430ck\u00a0N\u0430jee H\u0430rris\u00a0could lose his st\u0430rting s\u0440ot with the\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles Ch\u0430rgers\u00a0\u0430fter they dr\u0430fted\u00a0Om\u0430rion H\u0430m\u0440ton\u00a0in the first round. 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