For the first time in a long time in a regular season game that actually matters, the Pittsburgh Steelers are heading into Sunday’s showdown with the Oakland Raiders without a featured running back with James Conner out.
Even when Le’Veon Bell was injured, the team had DeAngelo Williams to step in, and he had a Pro Bowl-worthy season of his own filling in for Bell in 2015. Of course, neither of them are here now, and Conner is on the shelf, leaving just Jaylen Samuels, Stevan Ridley, and the recently promoted Trey Edmunds.