Steelers Stock Watch – RB Jaylen Warren

Player: RB Jaylen Warren

Stock value: Up

Reasoning: Jaylen Warren appears to be fully healthy now, or at least close to it, after battling injuries. Throughout most of the season, the Steelers have relied pretty heavily on Najee Harris. However, Warren has recently taken a bigger load and to good effect. He has played his most productive games of the season in the past two weeks.

Had it not been for a goal-line fumble to ruin his game against the Commanders, Jaylen Warren might be getting more talk right now. Since the bye week, he has 106 rushing yards on 23 carries, plus 48 yards on six catches.

In fact, this continues a trend that goes back to the last few games before the bye. Over the past four, Jaylen Warren has 197 rushing yards on 44 attempts. He averages close to 50 yards per carry. game over that span, plus 21 receiving yards. After totaling over 1,000 yards from scrimmage last year, he returns to that pace.

In fact, averaging 70.25 yards from scrimmage over the last four games, Warren would be on pace for 1,194 yards. As it is, he is currently on pace for just over 800, but with seven more games to improve his totals, he can reach the required marks.

Currently, Warren actually has just 381 yards from scrimmage, 281 of which are from the last four games. But to reach 1,000 yards on the season, he would have to average 89 yards from scrimmage the rest of the way.

Without a few standout plays mixed in, that will be hard to do. Warren has a pair of 100-yard games under his belt, and a few more that came close. With the Steelers’ commitment to running the ball this year, and the success that follows, it will be interesting to see how close he can get to hitting the necessary pace. And in the meantime, his efforts will help the Steelers win games.

As the season progresses, Steelers player stocks rise and fall. The nature of the evaluation differs with the season, with seasonal considerations being more often short-term. Considerations in the offseason often have broader implications, especially when players lose their jobs or the team signs someone. This time of year is full of transactionsregardless of whether it is smaller or larger.

A bad game, a new contract, an injury, a promotion – a number of things affect a player’s value. Think of it as a stock in the market, based on speculation. You will feel better about a player after a good game, or worse after a bad one. Some stock updates are minor, while others are likely to be quite drastic, so keep the degree in mind. I will do my best to explain the nature of it in the reasoning section of each column.