Inactive for five games earlier in the season because of knee and shoulder injuries, Parker found uneven progress upon his return as well as reduced carries.
"Injuries can frustrate anyone," he says. "I definitely battled it for my first time this season and it made me stronger. It made me better, actually. I worked harder to get back and get to where I'm at right now.
"I'm definitely ready and we've been on the run lately running the ball."
At one point, in mid-December, following a string of low-production games on his part, he told reporters he believed the team was getting away from its core offensive identity.
"We're the Pittsburgh Steelers (and) everyone knows we're going to run the ball — or they used to think we'd run the ball," he said. "We pass the ball a lot now. We go away from Steelers football, Steelers mentality."
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