This past season gave Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner exactly what he wanted, but not at all in the manner in which he would have preferred to get it. The second-year man was given the opportunity to be a full-time starter, but the opportunity only presented itself because the team’s All-Pro starter at the position, Le’Veon Bell, elected to forego the season in preparation for the opportunity to reach unrestricted free agency fully healthy in 2019.
No matter how he got the job, he served that role all the same, and he did it well enough to earn the recognition of being a Por Bowler himself.