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Najee Harris claimed he was close with HC Mike Tomlin throughout his four years with the Pittsburgh Steelers—but he certainly did his former head coach no favors in his recent KCAL interview.
As many are aware, Harris criticized the Pittsburgh Steelers’ lack of quality offensive veteran players, a lack of a succession plan after Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement, the Steel City's poor offensive line play, and lack of offensive identity as a whole.
He went so far as to say the growth and speed at which he adapted to the NFL was all a credit to himself, not the team’s development efforts. With that in mind, who else is to blame other than the man who spilled the beans on Harris' 2025 future—the player’s coach himself, the defensive minded Mike T.
While the Steelers invested money into the NFL’s highest-paid defense, Harris was left with the “heir apparent” Kenny-Two-Gloves Pickett, Mitchell Trubisky, and Mason Rudolph as his quarterbacks from 2022 to 2023.
Harris managed to start every game in his four years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, staying healthy despite a terrible offensive line allowing him to get destroyed in the backfield ten times a game.
Harris may not have meant to throw his former HC under the bus with his criticisms of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but like he said in the KCAL interview—the NFL is a business. Tomlin wanted a defense first approach, and this is what the result looks like. Truly, Tomlin and his 'standard' are no longer suited to run this "business".
This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Najee Harris' comments further prove Tomlin is holding Steelers back
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As many are aware, Harris criticized the Pittsburgh Steelers’ lack of quality offensive veteran players, a lack of a succession plan after Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement, the Steel City's poor offensive line play, and lack of offensive identity as a whole.
He went so far as to say the growth and speed at which he adapted to the NFL was all a credit to himself, not the team’s development efforts. With that in mind, who else is to blame other than the man who spilled the beans on Harris' 2025 future—the player’s coach himself, the defensive minded Mike T.
While the Steelers invested money into the NFL’s highest-paid defense, Harris was left with the “heir apparent” Kenny-Two-Gloves Pickett, Mitchell Trubisky, and Mason Rudolph as his quarterbacks from 2022 to 2023.
Harris managed to start every game in his four years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, staying healthy despite a terrible offensive line allowing him to get destroyed in the backfield ten times a game.
Harris may not have meant to throw his former HC under the bus with his criticisms of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but like he said in the KCAL interview—the NFL is a business. Tomlin wanted a defense first approach, and this is what the result looks like. Truly, Tomlin and his 'standard' are no longer suited to run this "business".
This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Najee Harris' comments further prove Tomlin is holding Steelers back
Continue reading...
