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

[Ronin]

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[SteelersFanEng]

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.

 

[BritCard]

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.

 

[TK421]

Another solid signing IMO. Obviously we can still draft a rb for the future but at the very least this signing fills a hole left by Drake's departure.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

If he says healthy, this is a good signing.

 

[Cheesebeef]

If he says healthy, this is a good signing.

this should be the Cardinals motto this year.

 

[Solar7]

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.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

this should be the Cardinals motto this year.

Since last year:

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[Dayman]

We could do worse, I guess. I hope he doesn't break his hand answering the phone or something.

 

[football karma]

I hope he doesn't break his hand answering the phone or something.

+1 for the old Cardinal running back reference

 

[Goldfield]

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.

 

[Germz249]

FRAGILE.....must be Italian

A lot of people might be too young to know this lol..

 

[Ronin]

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[Jetstream Green]

Solid smart signing which prevents nothing for us improving the position in the draft. A common sense, good move on the cheap... you have to like this unless you just want to bitch about something, seriously

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

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That contract is fine

 

[juza76]

Pretty cheap contract
I thought it could be in the range of 2/3mi

 

[az jam]

I think, seeing the salary under $2 million, that we don't lose any of our comp picks in 2022. Anyone know if that is true???

 

[Shane]

That contract is fine

And it doesn’t affect our possible compensatory pics because it’s under 2 million supposedly

 

[Vacard]

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

 

[HairZach]

Wow he's getting less money than Ezekial Turner.

 

[gmabel830]

Darksiders would complain about the new nacho topping selections if it was brought up here...

Wait, they are changing the nacho toppings?! I am
OUTRAGED!!!!

As long as they keep the cotton candy so I can keep the kids shut up while daddy screams at football players.


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[SeattleCard]

Wow... now it's an OUTSTANDING signing at that price! Good job Keim.

 

[Krangodnzr]

It's like 1/6th the pay Drake is getting...

 

[gimpy]

Solid smart signing which prevents nothing for us improving the position in the draft. A common sense, good move on the cheap... you have to like this unless you just want to bitch about something, seriously

Solar, you’re up.

 

[football karma]

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