He’s always one of the few to stay healthy wire-to-wire and he’s improved as a receiver, making some tough grabs on wheel/vertical routes. To his credit, McFarland enjoyed a solid start to camp through the opener, showing improved vision and consistency as a runner. But provided Warren doesn’t put the ball on the ground in Sunday’s finale versus Detroit, he’s a strong bet to make this roster and can hopefully be a recent example of a successful Steelers’ UDFA.Īnthony McFarland: Too little, too late for McFarland. Tomlin played it off as a natural thing all the backs do. Beyond that, he was a little too loose with the football around the goal line, leading him to do the classic “carry the football around all practice” during the end of camp. He fumbled once in a tackling session and dropped a pass later that day while fumbling in the opener against Seattle, drawing Mike Tomlin’s ire. His camp wasn’t perfect and ball security was an issue. He loves to mix it up with guys and acts like a linebacker flying around, a true UDFA playing with a Napoleon Complex and massive chip on his shoulder. Warren is capable of catching the ball well and he’s played with a hair-on-fire mentality on special teams on the kick and punt coverage teams. Warren was in-shape to be the guy and that’s the #1 thing he could’ve done. Warren led the team with 53 carries and in-game, he split time on offense and special teams. His great conditioning is his most underrated trait, healthy and available all camp and seeing a heavy workload with injuries to Benny Snell, Najee Harris, and others. Fearless is a great word to describe his all-around attitude and he’s a willing and generally effective pass protector, though he needs to play with a bit more control and less of a “I’m going to ram my head into you and hope that’s enough” approach. Warren first created a positive stir during the team’s first backs on ‘backers drill. He’s short and thick with a small surface area to hit and defenders often bounce off him. He’s got great break-tackle ability and pushes piles forward. He doesn’t go around, he runs into you, and his legs keep on churning. Jaylen Warren: One of the official Steelers’ training camp darlings, Warren is a bowling ball with legs, crashing into and through defenders. With that in mind, let’s continue with the running backs. This list is based off the 16 public camp practices and the preseason games I’ve watched up until this point and is based solely off their performance then and does not necessarily represent my feelings for the players overall or during the regular season. For the rest of the preseason, we’ll give a recap, position-by-position, player-by-player of what I saw during the 2022 Pittsburgh Steelers training camp and preseason games.
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