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Film Room: James Conner Proving He Can Be The Main Cog In Steelers’ Backfield

Go back inside your mind on a little bit of a journey. Before Week 1 of the 2018 season, everyone expected Le’Veon Bell to report and then it would be business as usual for the Steelers and Bell. The only thing is that day never came. Bell did not show up at all in 2018 and it came a young running back from Erie McDowell High School and the University of Pittsburgh the opportunity to start on a team who was expected to return to the playoffs. Second year RB James Conner, who had been a standout in both the preseason and training camp, would start in lieu of the absent Bell.