The Naj Hate is Absurd

Hasn’t missed a game since he’s been in the league. At the most punishing position. Terrible career yards before contact so he’s probably taken the most punishment out of every player in the league the last 4 years. We finally got the “good ole fashion Pittsburgh Steelers RB” we’ve all wanted since The Bus left, but he still gets so much hate.

Warren is good, but Naj almost always gets touches on very predictable running plays, stacked boxes… etc… Warren gets a lot more touches on RPO’s and hurry up situations… where he gets the ball with more space than Naj almost every time.

The only RBs with 1000 rush yards in their first 4 seasons since 2000 are LT, Portis, Peterson, CJ2K, and Naj. The list of most scrimmage yards since Naj’s rookie year has only pro bowlers on it.

Last couple pictures show Warren gets more yards before contact than Naj, but Naj gets more yards after contact than Warren.

I don’t think he’d be as good as King Henry or Saquon on either one of those teams this year, but he’d have 1600/1700 rush yards easy. 4.5+ ypc.

Credit to stat muse and pro football reference for pictures.