The city of Pittsburgh is not unfamiliar with the site of James Conner dominating inside of Acrisure Stadium—although he’d never played in it after its name was changed from Heinz Field until yesterday. And it was also the first time that he’d ever done it as a visiting opponent.
But he did it and then some, building up as the game went along, and it was no accident. In his first game in Pittsburgh since departing from the Steelers in 2021 as an unrestricted free agent, he turned in a 105-yard, two-touchdown performance that silenced the local crowd.