Breaking down every scenario for Najee Harris's Steelers season

The Steelers have a rebuilt team this offseason, as both the offense and defense have a lot of new faces and a new identity to incorporate. While I have some optimism about the season, I also recognize that there are some key young players that will ultimately determine the overall success of this team.

I’m creating and analyzing the variance I think we can see in these players’ seasons, from a horrible season, to what I expect, to them blowing my expectations out of the water. I’m assuming the player stays healthy and stays relatively consistent with some of his stats. Any variance will be where we see the projected improvement or lack thereof.

We started this series with Kenny Pickett, and we will continue with Najee Harris today.

Harris enters his third season with the team, and as anyone that follows my work knows, I haven’t been impressed. I was never keen on taking a running back in the first round, and Harris has proven that to me. While he has had respectable stats, he has benefited from a heavy workload as opposed to efficient running.

He enters his third season in the best position to succeed. The line has been rebuilt, and while there should still be growing pains, the line should gel eventually. As such, Harris should be set to have his best season.

Above is the mean average of his first two seasons in the NFL. While many are quick to point to his two years of 1000+ yards, a 17-game schedule, and heavy workload have yielded these results. He flashes some hard running, but he will need some help to become a true top back in the league.