Najee Harris Realizes Saturday Could Be Last Game With Steelers

That is something he can hang his hat on when he likely hits the open market this offseason.

However, many have argued that Harris lacks big-play ability with his longest career rush going for just 37 yards. He hinted there have been other factors that have maybe limited his production in Pittsburgh, though.

“This is a production business. I’m put in situations where you just got to make the best of your opportunity. If you say you did the best you can, that’s all you can do,” Harris said. “Would you want to change stuff? Yeah. Would you want to do better at things? Yeah, but sometimes people face certain situations. You just got to make the best of it, and that’s really it.”

When the Steelers drafted Harris in 2021, they had one of the worst offensive lines in the league. While it’s now much-improved, it is still a work in progress. Through all of that, Harris still broke the 1,000-yard threshold every year.

Harris thinks if that doesn’t prove he can be a workhorse running back in the NFL, nothing will.

“I mean, yeah, of course,” Harris said.

The 26-year-old’s time with the Steelers isn’t over quite yet, though. If Pittsburgh finds a way to upset the Ravens in Baltimore on Saturday night, they’ll advance to the divisional round of the playoffs and live to play another day.

That’s all Harris is focused on as he is still searching for his postseason win just like many of his teammates.

If that comes in the form of a big game for Harris, then great, but if not, he doesn’t care as long as they get the win.

“We’re just trying to win. I think you can’t lose the fact that that’s the main goal at the end of the day,” Harris said. “Yeah, you want to have a big game and all that, but at the end of the day, it’s more of a team thing. If the team wins, then everybody eats. You do the best that you can, but at the end of the day, if the team doesn’t win, then what you did really doesn’t matter.”

If Harris can help end the Steelers’ seven-year playoff win drought, it could help his raise his value heading into the offseason. That doesn’t mean Pittsburgh will be willing to pay up, though.