Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams doesn’t like being told that he’s old. If he continues his run of early-season success on Sunday, he’ll be hearing it a lot more.
With 63 yards rushing against the Eagles, Williams will become the oldest player in NFL history to rush for 300 yards in his first three games, breaking a mark currently held by the late Walter Payton.
Williams has bristled on multiple occasions at references to his age (33), even though he acknowledges that he’s still going strong three years past the tailback witching hour because he was part of a committee for years in Carolina.
If they had used him as extensively as the Steelers currently do, Williams wouldn’t be a 33-year-old running back right now. He’d be a 33-year-old former running back.