FA RB James Conner (Steelers) - Signed to Contract 04/13/21

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Hey folks, just wanted to say I hope JC can get back on track with you guys. He is a very decent back whose career has been stop / start with injuries, but even when healthy the Steelers OLine has done him no favours. Their run blocking has been an embarrassment in recent years, it’s a big need going in to the draft.

JC is a good pass protector and an underrated receiver out of the backfield. He could be very good in the right system. I can understand AZ fans being underwhelmed with the signing but it wouldn’t surprise me if he has a nice season behind Edmonds. Also a high character guy and great worker, which is important in its own right too.
 

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Like I said, Carson is good. I didn't want to pay him big money and have doubts about how long he'll last. In the here and the now, he's the best in the division, but I anticipate Akers will overtake that this season.

As far as Penny vs. Conner goes, I mentioned that above. I'd happily bump Conner over Penny. I'd been debating it. I probably got too excited with the high YPC and fact I'm friends with his agent.

But Edmonds has more experience in the system and simply is quicker than Conner. Watching Conner a lot the past two seasons thanks to fantasy, he hasn't passed the eye test to me. He looks slooooooow out there. I'm assuming that's due to injury.

The only good FA signings are guys under 28, who are elite, have no injury history and are cheap. Got it.
 

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The only good FA signings are guys under 28, who are elite, have no injury history and are cheap. Got it.
Obviously some free agents come with risk. Getting guys at a bargain is fine. Getting guys at a bargain but leaving the position weak and ignoring potential upgrades is not. It's not Conner the RB2 I have a problem with, it's the lack of a good RB1.

We're going to cycle through two barely effective guys all year and that's the strategy. Fine, I'll suck it up. Hopefully Conner discovers his inner self from 2018 and isn't the barely warm body from 2019.
 

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Conner is a fine signing btw. I’m not bitching about this. But truth is many of you sound like we signed the guy that burst on the scene a few years ago, not the post-multiple injury guy we just signed off the slag heap that seemingly no one else wanted.
I just think he is a solid veteran pickup for cheap. It’s a win win.
 

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We haven’t had a big, heavy short-yardage back since Dwyer who never played a down for us. Glad KEIM got one here.
 

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Seattle likes to get teams in light defenses and then run Chris Carson -- a back who punishes people and is tough to bring down

i hope the Cards can run some 11 personnel sets and run Conner against light boxes and force DBs to make business decisions
 

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