PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers running back Kaleb Johnson has struggled during the early portion of the season, including as a kick returner, where he let a ball go into the end zone against the Seattle Seahawks, costing the team a touchdown.

“Connor Heyward was telling him, ‘we go over that all the time,’ that was before I got there. I didn’t say much on the field to him. We replaced him, and he wasn’t ready to go back out there. I dealt with it in a tape session," special teams coordinator Danny Smith said.

That led to him being benched from kick returns, and Trey Sermon has taken that over that post since Johnson’s removal. Now, Johnson at least had a chance to showcase what he could do in 11 snaps against the Vikings.

Johnson had a few good runs, and finished with six rush

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