While it ultimately worked out in his favor, Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner was not thrilled about the situation his position group found itself in, metaphorically a headless beast with Le’Veon Bell choosing not to show up. Not to mention all of the questions that that decision on his teammate’s part thrust upon the rest of the group.
“Not the situation it was. I didn’t ask for that”, he said. “It wasn’t ever my place to say anything”. And he did speak infrequently, and with few words when he did.