Here is the thing, at some point Tomlin has to look at the correlation between backs having over 300 touches and then starting to break down…then realize that its not coincidence, bodies aren’t made to take that many forced tackles, even just pulldowns… it strains muscles and ligaments in bad ways… Barkley had a superior rookie season than Harris, had fewer touches, and still started breaking down the next season… you have to spell back’s bodies…
Now maybe Warren really is a great udfa find… I’ve said before that RBs are easiest to find late or undrafted, but i have no faith we’d use him to actually spell harris.. because Tomlins history is to favor the higher perceived talent…
However I have come around to thinking that a guy like Barkley who has both pedigree and production on his resume, might change perspective on one primary back getting run into the ground, and if not he would be there for Harris’ inevitable injury this year