Draft Note by John Paulsen
Jaylen Warren (RB24) finished two spots ahead of his backfield mate, Najee Harris (RB26), and if we just look at the back half of the season, Warren was the fantasy RB19 from Week 10 to Week 18. His touches increased from 10.6 to 13.9 when comparing the first half of the season to the second half. That increased workload may or may not carry over now that there’s a new offensive coordinator (Arthur Smith) in town. Smith is known to use his players in frustrating ways from a fantasy perspective. Interestingly, Warren’s increased usage did not come at Harris’s expense. Harris saw his touches increase from 14.4 to 18.8 from the first half to the second half of the season. (Harris/Warren combined to average 25.0 touches from Week 1 to Week 8 compared to 32.7 touches from Week 9 to Week 18, so Pittsburgh was much more RB-oriented in the back half of the season.) The Steelers figure to be very run-heavy under Smith so there should be room for both Warren and Harris in 15+ touch roles.
Jaylen Warren
- RB
- , Pittsburgh Steelers
- 26
- 215 lbs
- 5' 8"
- 86
- 2
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Draft note
Jaylen Warren (RB24) finished two spots ahead of his backfield mate, Najee Harris (RB26), and if we just look at the back half of the season, Warren was the fantasy RB19 from Week 10 to Week 18. His touches increased from 10.6 to 13.9 when comparing the first half of the season to the second half. That increased workload may or may not carry over now that there’s a new offensive coordinator (Arthur Smith) in town. Smith is known to use his players in frustrating ways from a fantasy perspective. Interestingly, Warren’s increased usage did not come at Harris’s expense. Harris saw his touches increase from 14.4 to 18.8 from the first half to the second half of the season. (Harris/Warren combined to average 25.0 touches from Week 1 to Week 8 compared to 32.7 touches from Week 9 to Week 18, so Pittsburgh was much more RB-oriented in the back half of the season.) The Steelers figure to be very run-heavy under Smith so there should be room for both Warren and Harris in 15+ touch roles.
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2024 Strength of Schedule - PIT
| W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | W5 | W6 | W7 | W8 | W9 | W10 | W11 | W12 | W13 | W14 | W15 | W16 | W17 | W18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 @ATL | 18 @DEN | 17 LAC | 31 @IND | 23 DAL | 25 @LV | 28 NYJ | 27 NYG | BYE | 32 @WAS | 1 BAL | 16 @CLE | 15 @CIN | 16 CLE | 8 @PHI | 1 @BAL | 26 KC | 15 CIN |
Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.
Game Stats
| Week | Opp | RuAtt | RuYds | RuTD | Fum | YPC | Rec | RecYds | RecTD | Tgts | YPR | STD | 0.5 PPR | PPR | Snaps | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2.40 | 1.8 | 4.30 | 6.8 | 25/63 | 39.7% |
| 2 | CLE | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 6 | 16.50 | 8.6 | 10.60 | 12.6 | 23/54 | 42.6% |
| 3 | @LV | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3.62 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 7.67 | 5.2 | 6.70 | 8.2 | 28/62 | 45.2% |
| 4 | @HOU | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3.62 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 4.33 | 5.5 | 8.50 | 11.5 | 29/59 | 49.2% |
| 5 | BAL | 9 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4.44 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 13.00 | 7.9 | 9.40 | 10.9 | 32/66 | 48.5% |
| 6 | BYE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | @LAR | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 5.33 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | -1.00 | 9.1 | 9.60 | 10.1 | 27/59 | 45.8% |
| 8 | JAX | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3.80 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 4.75 | 3.8 | 5.80 | 7.8 | 32/67 | 47.8% |
| 9 | TEN | 11 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 8.33 | 11.3 | 12.80 | 14.3 | 26/65 | 40.0% |
| 10 | GB | 15 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 6.73 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4.50 | 17.0 | 18.00 | 19.0 | 33/65 | 50.8% |
| 11 | @CLE | 9 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 14.33 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5.33 | 20.5 | 22.00 | 23.5 | 26/58 | 44.8% |
| 12 | @CIN | 13 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 3.77 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4.33 | 4.2 | 5.70 | 7.2 | 34/71 | 47.9% |
| 13 | ARI | 9 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 6.56 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 3 | -4.00 | 5.5 | 6.00 | 6.5 | 26/61 | 42.6% |
| 14 | NE | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.57 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 7.25 | 4.0 | 6.00 | 8.0 | 37/70 | 52.9% |
| 15 | @IND | 10 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 5.60 | 6.8 | 9.30 | 11.8 | 40/58 | 69.0% |
| 16 | CIN | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 5.4 | 7.90 | 10.4 | 34/59 | 57.6% |
| 17 | @SEA | 13 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 5.77 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 5.75 | 15.8 | 17.80 | 19.8 | 39/72 | 54.2% |
| 18 | @BAL | 9 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 3.67 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3.40 | 3.0 | 5.50 | 8.0 | 27/62 | 43.5% |
| Per game | 8.76 | 46.12 | 0.24 | 0.12 | 5.26 | 3.59 | 21.76 | 0 | 4.35 | 6.07 | 7.96 | 9.76 | 11.55 | 30.47/63.00 | 48.35% | |
| Totals | 149 | 784 | 4 | 2 | 5.26 | 61 | 370 | 0 | 74 | 6.07 | 135.4 | 165.9 | 196.4 | 518/1071 | 48.35% | |
