Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner, who is out Sunday because of an ankle sprain, has a chance to return next week to play the New England Patriots, a league source tells ESPN.
The source added that if this were the Super Bowl this week, he believes Conner could have and would have played, giving the Steelers some hope that the NFL's fifth-leading rusher has a reasonable chance to play in next Sunday's big AFC matchup against the Patriots.
Conner suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of last Sunday night's loss to the Chargers.