I think people need to get some perspective. We aren't paying him $12m a year.
He's an experienced vet that has averaged over 1000 yards a year from scrimmage who is 25 years old and will almost certainly cost vet min or thereabouts.
On paper he's more experienced and has better stats than Drake when we traded for him.
That's great value.
And he's going to play a split role so injuries should be less of a concern. And his salary doesn't preclude us signing anyone else. What's the down side? It's win win.
@Stout pretty much summarized my feelings, but it's not about the value. Just like I feel about Malcolm Butler and to a lesser extent AJ Green, the contracts aren't painful, but counting on them is.
Conner played in a wide open offense with 3 legitimate WRs for defenses to cover and
still looked slow. It was rough. And it feels painfully obvious, again like Stout said, that if we sign him, we're out on a top RB in the first two rounds, which I feel is a mistake.
Chase is better than Conner and I think he's close to the definition of a pedestrian back.