According to running back coach Kirby Wilson the Steelers starting running back will be Rashard Mendenhall when he is healthy. Mendenhall is not expected to play Monday night against the Chiefs, but could play the following week in the Steelers first match-up with the Baltimore Ravens.
Over the past two weeks the Steelers run game has emerged with a one hundred yard rusher in all three games. Jonathan Dwyer gained 122 yards against the Bengals and 107 yards against the Redskins; both efforts came on 17 carries. A week later, with Dwyer sidelined due to a quadriceps injury, Isaac Redman carried the ball 26 times and just missed gaining 150 yards on the ground as he finished with 147 yards and a touchdown.
Mendenhall has only carried the ball 19 times this season. He is coming off a torn ACL suffered in week 17 of the 2011 season and injured his achilles in his second week back this year. Mendenhall provided a sprak in his only full game of the 2012 season with 101 total yards and a t...
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