Rookie Running Backs Arrive, Eagles Primed for Blockbuster? | MAILBAG

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Regular season football is so close we can almost smell it.

Teams have spent this week burning down phone lines and flooding text messages with trade proposals, working to pull off deals to jump the waiver wire for players they might have had their sights set on on other roster, only the New Orleans Saints have held out announcing their Week 1 quarterback, and before you know it, the Philadelphia Eagles will raise a second Super Bowl banner at Lincoln Financial Field, though Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons may or may not be on hand for the festivities.

Inside this week’s mailbag, we go deep on Howie Roseman’s potential next move in Philadelphia, Sean Payton’s biggest worry in Denver, the rookies I cannot wait to watch on Sundays, and a whole lot more!

All, this while your favorite NFL reporter’s “p” key on the keyboard seems not to be working, forcing far too many backspaces and rewrites than I’m comfortable admitting to. I guess it’s preseason for the laptop, too. Or it is on its last legs. Hard to tell.

Anyway, let’s dive right into your questions!

How do you see the Steelers’ running back situation playing out? (EarAcheMyEye on BlueSky)

Offensive coordinator Arthur Smith and the Steelers seem primed to unleash a backfield by committee approach this season, with Jaylen Warren and rookie Kaleb Johnson making his presence known.

“As of now,” former Steelers quarterback and current Pittsburgh preseason color commentator Charlie Batch told me. “The pecking order is Jaylen Warren and Kaleb Johnson, with Kenneth Gainwell in the pole position for the third spot.”