Steelers studs and duds in disgraceful loss to Bengals in Week 3

Stud: RB Najee Harris

Najee Harris is doing everything he can to help out his team on offense. Some of the play-calling has left Harris all by himself to seemingly do everything.

Yes, Najee Harris is incredibly talented, and yes he is a franchise running back. What he is not, is three of four players who can do everything by himself. The former Alabama star is getting no help from his offensive line, as far as blocking for him. The play calling has been absolutely atrocious at times.

That may be putting it beyond mildly, this offensive scheme is just bad! However, Najee Harris certainly has not been the reason the Pittsburgh Steelers offense is not working. The rookie running back accounted for 40 percent of the team’s offensive output today, according to ESPN.

Stud: WR Chase Claypool

There were some opportunities that Chase Claypool would probably like to have back in this contest. The big wide receiver had at least one easy drop and a few more difficult targets that could have been caught. However, when JuJu Smith-Schuster went out with an injury, Claypool stepped up in a big way. While he did briefly leave with what was reported as cramps, he gutted it out for his team.