Najee Harris’ time with the Pittsburgh Steelers is officially over, as the former first-round pick signed with the Los Angeles Chargers after four seasons with the Steelers. The Steelers somewhat surprisingly didn’t pick up his fifth-year option last summer, but there were still some who believed he could be brought back. Instead, he heads west after four 1,000 yard seasons.
In his introductory press conference with the Bolts, though, Harris took a subtle jab at the Steelers and their facilities.
“It’s a great weight room, first of all,” Harris said. “Even the facility is all great things. A lot of things that they provide here that you can take advantage of. I was telling them, it’s not like this everywhere, man. This is a special thing right here. It reminded me of college at Alabama, all the resources that we have. So just getting the chance to take advantage of all these opportunities is a blessing.”
Considering Harris has only played for one team in his career, the bit about facilities “not like this everywhere” can only be interference to one place – Pittsburgh. This largely backs up the grades the Steelers received on their NFLPA report card. Their weight room was given a C+ and ranked 28th amongst 32 teams, and their training room was also given a C+ and ranked 25th. So, based on those grades. the critique from Harris isn’t shocking and is seemingly warranted.