Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner finally found a new home earlier this week, signing a modest one-year contract to join Pittsburgh West, the Arizona Cardinals. He will reunite with his first NFL running backs coach there in James Saxon, who signed there after the Steelers let his contract lapse following the 2018 season.
A third-round draft pick in 2017, Conner was thrust into a starting role in 2018 after All-Pro Le’Veon Bell elected not to show up after being given the franchise tag that season for the second year in a row. He went on to have a Pro Bowl season in his own right, but his career trajectory, largely due to injury, hasn’t retained that course.