Conner Done for Season - Right Foot Injury

[jf-08]

Source: Cardinals' James Conner suffers season-ending ankle injury

Cardinals running back James Conner suffered a season-ending right ankle injury during Sunday's loss to the 49ers, and he will require surgery, a source told ESPN.

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Done for the year. Ugh.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Source: Cardinals' James Conner suffers season-ending ankle injury

Cardinals running back James Conner suffered a season-ending right ankle injury during Sunday's loss to the 49ers, and he will require surgery, a source told ESPN.

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Done for the year. Ugh.

There goes the heart of the team.

 

[DaHilg]

Source: Cardinals' James Conner suffers season-ending ankle injury

Cardinals running back James Conner suffered a season-ending right ankle injury during Sunday's loss to the 49ers, and he will require surgery, a source told ESPN.

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Done for the year. Ugh.

I’d say done for his career… maybe a supplemental RB at best from here on out unfortunately. He was age was about to fall off the cliff as it was.

 

[legend]

Man . . that’s our hammer.

 

[PJ1]

Why oh why. Cardinals luck for so many years. Makes me sick.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Adrian Peterson's corpse coming out of retirement on Wednesday.

 

[Goodyear Card]

We have Bam on the ps.

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

I’d say done for his career… maybe a supplemental RB at best from here on out unfortunately. He was age was about to fall off the cliff as it was.

Yep I said this when the injury happened. That's the career ender. Very sad. Excellent Cardinal

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

conner is with us thru 2026 but idk

 

[PJ1]

We have Bam on the ps.

Give it a shot.

 

[D-Dogg]

He was already looking washed, unfortunately. Love the guy.

 

[slanidrac16]

I think this will force Petzing out of his shell. What we did vs. the 49ers in the second half we could have and SHOULD of been doing all along.
JG keeps talking about chunk plays. Well you can’t have chunk plays without taking shots.

 

[DVontel]

I think this will force Petzing out of his shell. What we did vs. the 49ers in the second half we could have and SHOULD of been doing all along.
JG keeps talking about chunk plays. Well you can’t have chunk plays without taking shots.

Yea, I noticed that too.

Not sure why the hell the offense finally opened up after JC’s injury.

 

[unseenaz]

Great Cardinal. Shame we never rewarded him for carrying this team offensively in many games with much of a chance to do it in the playoffs.

 

[Dayman]

Tough break for a great dude.

I guess we will see what Benson has to offer now. He dances way too much for my liking, but I'm hoping he will come around.

 

[cardsfanmd]

James Conner did so much for this team. Great player, great human being. That injury made the loss irrelevant to me. I wish him all the best in his recovery. The guy personifies being a warrior.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Welppp def no poffs now without connor

Tank for top pick hejhhh cards freakin supetbowl i guess(

 

[AZ Native]

He gave his all every play. The team is going to miss him in more ways than one. Best to you JC.

 

[Russ Smith]

Tough break for a great dude.

I guess we will see what Benson has to offer now. He dances way too much for my liking, but I'm hoping he will come around.

He's not a polished product yet but I would point out he's averaging 6 YPC on the season in 21 carries. He has to take what's there I get the dancing comment sometimes but we're seeing the big play ability and he's significantly improved from last year in pass pro.

I'm so bummed we lost Conner, it's a big opportunity for Benson and we do need more speed and he's got it, but really wish it didn't come at the expense of Conner

 

[PJ1]

He was already looking washed, unfortunately. Love the guy.

Disagree. He was making something out of nothing today. Running as hard as ever. Huge loss for us.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

I think this will force Petzing out of his shell. What we did vs. the 49ers in the second half we could have and SHOULD of been doing all along.
JG keeps talking about chunk plays. Well you can’t have chunk plays without taking shots.

Not gonna matter unless Trey can get open 30 yards down field.

 

[Dayman]

He's not a polished product yet but I would point out he's averaging 6 YPC on the season in 21 carries. He has to take what's there I get the dancing comment sometimes but we're seeing the big play ability and he's significantly improved from last year in pass pro.

I'm so bummed we lost Conner, it's a big opportunity for Benson and we do need more speed and he's got it, but really wish it didn't come at the expense of Conner

He is a little too boom or bust for me right now. 2 of his carries have accounted for 65% of his yards. On the other 19 carries, he is averaging 2.3 ypc.

The big play element is obviously missing from this offense, so I'm definitely not knocking him for that. I'm just worried about what will happen when he needs to get us a couple yards in a big situation. Conner could be pretty clutch in those situations.

 

[cardcrazy]

I hate to say this but after 3 games JC just hasn’t been the same as last year. Don’t get me wrong he has been my favorite Cardinal over the last 2 years, but I’m afraid this is the end for him. Great run James and you’ve lasted longer than 90% of RBs. But behind this Oline even you can’t excel. That’s what it’s looked like to me. Probably due to the new Oline coach/scheme.
Funny thing is, after the last 3 game performance, the Connor injury isn’t even my biggest concern. I mean come on, MHJ can’t catch, Kyler gets lost lining up the offense when the play clock is short, Petzing can’t coordinate an offense to win an NFL football game.
This loss stings but we all know something is wrong!

 

[oaken1]

He's not a polished product yet but I would point out he's averaging 6 YPC on the season in 21 carries. He has to take what's there I get the dancing comment sometimes but we're seeing the big play ability and he's significantly improved from last year in pass pro.

I'm so bummed we lost Conner, it's a big opportunity for Benson and we do need more speed and he's got it, but really wish it didn't come at the expense of Conner

It was always going to come at the expense of JC... the injury suxx but it likely only shortened Conners career as a starter by 6 games or so.
The change was inevitable

 

[oaken1]

He is a little too boom or bust for me right now. 2 of his carries have accounted for 65% of his yards. On the other 19 carries, he is averaging 2.3 ypc.

The big play element is obviously missing from this offense, so I'm definitely not knocking him for that. I'm just worried about what will happen when he needs to get us a couple yards in a big situation. Conner could be pretty clutch in those situations.

A lot of that is situational football and plays called.
There were a couple JC run plays called in the second half where Benson just hit the gap and pushed the pile for 4 yards.
The Petzing usually sends him wide on stretch plays to the overloaded side...everyone in the stadium knows where he is going.
With more time in the backfield his runs will be less predictable