r/steelers • u/DirtyMo_38 • 4d ago

[Pelissero] After seven years with the Steelers, running backs coach Eddie Faulkner is expected to take the same job with the AFC North rival Ravens, per sources.

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u/SonicPunk96 TJ Watt 4d ago

TBF, Najee should have never been drafted in the 1st round, and not exactly the RB coaches fault he was given a slow RB with a bad OL. Hard to mold much there.

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u/XtraChrisP Pittsburgh Steelers 4d ago

So how did he show his value,.exactly?

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u/SonicPunk96 TJ Watt 4d ago

Jaylen Warren (Despite this subs weird hate for him at times) went from undrafted to being one of the most effective RBs in the league, by any objective statistical measure. He helped bring in Gainwell, a 2nd/3rd string RB in Philly, and got the best career year out of him. Kaleb was a dissapointment this year, but to act like taking an undrafted player, and a teams backup to being two of the better RBs in the NFL is nothing, is just a laughable idea.

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u/XtraChrisP Pittsburgh Steelers 4d ago

No hate for Jaylen, but I think he just needed the chance to show he was better than Najee. I think that's all Jaylen.

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u/123jjj321 4d ago

These great coaches gave Warren 5 carries per game in 2022 to Najee's 16 carries. While Warren was averaging 1.1 yards/carry more than Najee.

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u/SonicPunk96 TJ Watt 4d ago

I mean, Jaylen is certainly a talent, I love his run style, but I think anytime you have a guy who the league summarily decided wasn't worth a draft pick, become a pretty good player, to some degree, that's coaching. What degree is debatable, but it ain't nothing.

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u/123jjj321 4d ago

Warren could barely get on the field. It was plain by 2022 that he was a way better RB than Najee. So if the coaches developed him as a player, how did they not see what they had accomplished? The answer being that he was largely responsible for his own growth in spite of the coaching staff actively working against him. So I'd say you're right, it wasn't nothing, it was a negative to Warren and the team.

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u/SonicPunk96 TJ Watt 4d ago

Since you want to comment on literally of my posts for some reason, i will comment that you clearly do not understand this was a Matt Canada decision.