Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it’s the slow start for the team’s running game.
Arthur Smith’s unit has struggled to gain traction on the ground throughout training camp, but that could be written off as going up against a very quality unit on the other side of the ball. Then, they struggled against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first preseason game and again against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a joint practice on Thursday.
So is it time to be concerned about the Steelers running game? And what’s been going wrong? Alan breaks it down.
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