Steelers' Harris 捜し出すs to 拡大する leadership 役割 in 2nd year
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers running 支援する Najee Harris enjoyed a breakout 新人 season last year.
Harris has been slowed by a foot 傷害 during his second training （軍の）野営地，陣営 with the Steelers. But the 簡潔な／要約する summer 後退 has 許すd Harris an 適切な時期 to pause from the daily on-field training （軍の）野営地，陣営 practice grind and 拡大する his leadership 役割.
"It has been a blessing in disguise in a way ... not to get 傷つける, but to see the other younger guys get more reps," Harris said. "It has been pretty 失望させるing, but it´s good though. There have been a lot of other guys who come in here and we get to see their skillsets."
Last season, Harris led the NFL with 381 touches and finished second in yards after 接触する behind only Indianapolis' Jonathan Taylor.
Harris, the No. 24 全体にわたる 選ぶ in 2021, certainly welcomes a heavier workload, but he´s also 表明するd his 願望（する） to see the Steelers find a complementary 支援する.
Benny Snell and Anthony McFarland are the 主要な 候補者s to fill in behind Harris.
Pittsburgh Steelers running 支援する Najee Harris stretches during the NFL football team's training （軍の）野営地，陣営 in Latrobe, Pa., Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Snell, a 2019 fourth-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ, is entering his fourth season with the Steelers. The 5-foot-10, 224-続けざまに猛撃する Snell has played in 46 games with five starts in three seasons. He has 急ぐd for 892 yards and six touchdowns on 255 carries.
McFarland, a 2020 fourth-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選択, is entering his third year with the Steelers. The 5-foot-8, 193-続けざまに猛撃する change-of-pace 支援する has appeared in 13 games.
"Anthony is really controlling the 役割 he has and he´s really been making 爆発性の runs," Harris said. "Benny, 存在 the 退役軍人, he´s a reliable guy and that´s the 肉親，親類d of stuff you 推定する／予想する from Benny. Anthony and Benny have been looking 広大な／多数の／重要な all （軍の）野営地，陣営. I think everybody in the running 支援する room has looked 広大な／多数の／重要な all （軍の）野営地，陣営."
Harris 傷つける his foot during the Steelers first padded practice and he´s 行方不明になるd the team´s last four workouts since. Harris shrugged of the severity of his 傷害 on Saturday and 公式文書，認めるd that he´s been rehabbing his foot and swimming in the pool while sidelined.
"I wouldn´t be walking if it was serious," Harris said. "(But), I 負傷させるd it and that´s why I´m not practicing."
Harris enjoyed a プロの／賛成の Bowl season as a 新人. He had 307 carries and 1,200 急ぐing yards in 新規加入 to 74 catches and 467 receiving yards, all 最高の，を越すs の中で 新人 running 支援するs in franchise history. Harris led all NFL running 支援するs in 歓迎会s and finished third の中で running 支援するs in receiving yards.
In his second season, Harris hopes to fill an 不快な／攻撃 leadership 無効の left after two-time 最高の Bowl-winning quarterback Ben Roethlisberger retired during the offseason.
"I just want to be better than last year," Harris said. "Not stat-wise, but just as a person. I want to be someone the team can rely on. On-field wise, I think the 期待 and the 基準 has already been 始める，決める for what I need to 達成する. We´ll wait until (the first game against) the Bengals for that to happen."
Steelers coach マイク Tomlin also wants to see Harris take on a greater leadership 役割 this season. But he doesn´t feel that will be an 問題／発行する for the second-year running 支援する.
"It is 自然に in his wheelhouse," Tomlin said. "It is something that just oozes off of him. It´s just him. It´s in his personality. I imagine he´s been that on every team he´s ever been on in his lifetime, so it´s a natural 行為／法令／行動する for him."
NOTES: Friday night´s special practice at a 地元の high school football stadium was 取り消すd because of inclement 天候 and flooded field 条件s 軍隊d the team to move Saturday´s workout from St. Vincent College 支援する to Pittsburgh. The Steelers didn´t practice on Sunday. The Steelers have four practices before their first preseason game on Saturday at home against Seattle.
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Pittsburgh Steelers running 支援する Najee Harris catches a tennis ball in a 演習 during practice at their NFL football training （軍の）野営地，陣営 施設 in Latrobe, Pa., Saturday, July 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Devin Bush, 権利, and running 支援する Najee Harris 戦う／戦い in one-on-one 競争 演習s during practice at their NFL football training （軍の）野営地，陣営 施設 in Latrobe, Pa., Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh Steelers running 支援する Najee Harris, left, and 防御の lineman （機の）カム Heyward, 権利, are 迎える／歓迎するd by fans as they make their way to the practice fields at their NFL football training （軍の）野営地，陣営 施設 in Latrobe, Pa., Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
