Najee Harris

Najee Harris rushed six times for 17 yards in the Steelers’ Wild Card Round loss to the Ravens, adding three catches for 41 yards.

Pittsburgh declined Harris’s fifth-year option ahead of the 2024 season. A contract year gave him a shot to prove his worth on a team hell-bent on riding their defense to a postseason run. While he saw the ball plenty in his fourth season, Harris gave the Steelers and fantasy managers more of the same. He ran 263 times for 1,043 yards and six scores in the regular season. The unexplosive back topped 30 yards on just two of his carries. He added 283 yards through the air. Harris hit 100 rushing yards three times in a row early but never recaptured that magic during the final two months of the season. He never surpassed 75 rushing yards over his final 10 games including the playoffs. If the Steelers bring him back in free agency, it will only be as a two-down grinder and a committee back. Another team could view him as a three-down option and out-bid the Steelers, though that isn’t likely to work out well for them.