{"id":934959,"date":"2026-07-02T21:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/934959\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T21:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:00:29","slug":"former-steelers-rb-najee-harris-linked-to-afc-north-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/934959\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Steelers RB Najee Harris linked to AFC North rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">2025 was a less-than-ideal year for former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris. After signing with the Los Angeles Chargers, a fireworks accident left him with an injured eye. Then, just three games into the season, Harris tore his Achilles, ending his season after taking just 15 carries. This also marked the first time the former first-round pick would miss any game in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Harris remains a free agent, as his deal with the Chargers was just for one year. In a recent piece for <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25448622-7-bargain-bin-nfl-free-agents-who-can-still-help-nfl-teams-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bleacher Report<\/a>, Moe Moton labeled the Green Bay Packers and Cincinnati Bengals as potential suitors for the former Steelers running back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cOn the back end of his prime years, Harris can still be an early-down contributor in a running back duo or platoon,\u201d Moton writes. \u201cHe\u2019s not an explosive rusher, but his 6\u20191\u201d, 242-pound frame can be featured in short-yardage and goal-line situations. Keep in mind that Harris racked up 1,000-plus yards on the ground in four consecutive terms with the Steelers before his injury-shortened term with the Chargers.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Harris had four straight 1,000-yard seasons with the Steelers from 2021-24, totaling 28 rushing touchdowns and an additional six receiving touchdowns on 183 receptions. He ranks sixth in Steelers franchise history in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns. He is one touchdown behind Rashard Mendenhall and surprisingly four touchdowns ahead of Willie Parker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 was a less-than-ideal year for former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris. After signing with the Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,7,6,13209,2374],"class_list":["post-934959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-bengals","tag-bengals","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cincinnatibengals","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-free-agency","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116852400042768261","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}