RB James Conner, Arizona Cardinals

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James Conner

Running Back, Arizona Cardinals

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Draft: 2017 Round 3 (41)
College: Pittsburgh
Ht: 6’1” Wt: 233 DOB: 1995-05-05 Age: 26

RB Rank	Tier	ADP-12
#44	6	7.06

Season Stats
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			Rushing				Receiving					Fantasy
Season	Team	G	Att	Yard	Avg	TD	Target	Rec	Yard	Avg	TD	FPts	FPts/G
2017	PIT	12	32	144	4.5	0	1	0	0	-	0	14.4	1.2
2018	PIT	13	215	973	4.5	12	71	55	497	9.0	1	225.0	17.3
2019	PIT	10	116	464	4.0	4	38	34	251	7.4	3	113.5	11.4
2020	PIT	13	169	721	4.3	6	43	35	215	6.1	0	129.6	10.0
2021 (Projected)	ARI		140	587	4.2	5		17	116	6.8	0	100.3

2021 Outlook

Depth Chart

The 2018 season, which saw former Steelers running back James Conner finish as a top-half RB1, seems like a distant memory at this point as Pittsburgh moved on from the veteran this offseason, opting instead to select Najeh Harris in the first round of this year's NFL Draft. Injury and COVID-19 problems have caused Conner to miss 12 games over the past three seasons since becoming the starter in Pittsburgh and he's been banged up enough that he was held to single digit touches in a number of contests aside from the full games he missed. Conner is coming off of a season-ending toe injury which he had surgically repaired this offseason. While the Cardinals do expect him to be fully healthy to start the season, there's no question that they're taking a chance on a player who seems to be damaged goods at this point.

He looks like a value on paper and may end up delivering decent fantasy numbers given his cost, but July ADPs have Conner being selected only about a round later than Edmonds. Conner enthusiasts will point to Arizona signing him as a clear sign that the team isn't fully behind Edmonds, but there's also a very good chance that they're simply looking to add some veteran depth to the running back room. Conner signed a miniscule one-year, $1.75 million deal so there's no serious investment here. If they believed Conner was going to step in and take over the Kenyan Drake role from 2020 then it would seem logical that they'd also want to sign their new starting running back to more of a long-term deal.

Conner isn't likely to end up being the "starter" in Arizona as long as Edmonds is healthy, but the upside is that he could at least take over Drake's role as the goal line back. It's hard to know whether the Cardinals just had supreme confidence in Drake's ability to score at the goal line or if they actually had concerns about Edmonds' lack of ability to get into the end zone. Either way, it's something to keep an eye on and it could end up leading to a nightmare-ish backfield committee situation where neither player is particularly useful on a week-to-week basis.

Fan.	Tm.	Player
RB1	RB1	Chase Edmonds
RB2	RB2	James Conner
RB3	RB3	Eno Benjamin
RB4	RB4	Jonathan Ward
RB5	RB5	Khalfani Muhammad
Cardinals Depth Chart

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2020 Gamelog Stats
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			Rushing				Receiving					Fantasy
Week	Opp	Result	Att	Yard	Avg	TD	Target	Rec	Yard	Avg	TD	FPts
1	at NYG	W 26-16	6	9	1.5	0	4	2	8	4.0	0	1.7
2	DEN	W 26-21	16	106	6.6	1	2	2	15	7.5	0	18.1
3	HOU	W 28-21	18	109	6.1	1	5	4	40	10.0	0	20.9
5	PHI	W 38-29	15	44	2.9	1	3	3	19	6.3	0	12.3
6	CLE	W 38-7	20	101	5.1	1	1	1	1	1.0	0	16.2
7	at TEN	W 27-24	20	82	4.1	0	5	3	29	9.7	0	11.1
8	at BAL	W 28-24	15	47	3.1	1	3	3	13	4.3	0	12.0
9	at DAL	W 24-19	9	22	2.4	0	2	2	-2	-1.0	0	2.0
10	CIN	W 36-10	13	36	2.8	0	2	2	12	6.0	0	4.8
11	at JAC	W 27-3	13	89	6.8	0	3	3	10	3.3	0	9.9
14	at BUF	L 15-26	10	18	1.8	0	0	0	0	-	0	1.8
16	IND	W 28-24	5	20	4.0	1	5	5	45	9.0	0	12.5
17	at CLE	L 22-24	9	37	4.1	0	8	5	25	5.0	0	6.2
WC	CLE	L 37-48	11	37	3.4	1	5	5	30	6.0	0	12.7

WC = Wild-Card

2019 Gamelog Stats
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			Rushing				Receiving					Fantasy
Week	Opp	Result	Att	Yard	Avg	TD	Target	Rec	Yard	Avg	TD	FPts
1	at NE	L 3-33	10	21	2.1	0	4	4	44	11.0	0	6.5
2	SEA	L 26-28	11	33	3.0	1	4	3	12	4.0	0	10.5
3	at SF	L 20-24	13	43	3.3	0	4	4	14	3.5	0	5.7
4	CIN	W 27-3	10	42	4.2	0	8	8	83	10.4	1	18.5
5	BAL	L 23-26	14	55	3.9	1	0	0	0	-	0	11.5
6	at LAC	W 24-17	16	41	2.6	1	7	7	78	11.1	1	23.9
8	MIA	W 27-14	23	145	6.3	1	4	3	5	1.7	0	21.0
11	at CLE	L 7-21	5	10	2.0	0	2	1	6	6.0	0	1.6
15	BUF	L 10-17	8	42	5.3	0	5	4	9	2.3	1	11.1
16	at NYJ	L 10-16	6	32	5.3	0	0	0	0	-	0	3.2

2018 Gamelog Stats
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			Rushing				Receiving					Fantasy
Week	Opp	Result	Att	Yard	Avg	TD	Target	Rec	Yard	Avg	TD	FPts
1	at CLE	T 21-21	31	135	4.4	2	6	5	57	11.4	0	31.2
2	KC	L 37-42	8	17	2.1	1	5	5	48	9.6	0	12.5
3	at TB	W 30-27	15	61	4.1	0	6	5	34	6.8	0	9.5
4	BAL	L 14-26	9	19	2.1	0	7	3	25	8.3	0	4.4
5	ATL	W 41-17	21	110	5.2	2	4	4	75	18.8	0	30.5
6	at CIN	W 28-21	19	111	5.8	2	7	4	18	4.5	0	24.9
8	CLE	W 33-18	24	146	6.1	2	6	5	66	13.2	0	33.2
9	at BAL	W 23-16	24	107	4.5	0	9	7	56	8.0	1	22.3
10	CAR	W 52-21	13	65	5.0	1	1	1	8	8.0	0	13.3
11	at JAC	W 20-16	9	25	2.8	0	9	6	24	4.0	0	4.9
12	at DEN	L 17-24	13	53	4.1	0	4	4	42	10.5	0	9.5
13	LAC	L 30-33	15	60	4.0	2	4	3	14	4.7	0	19.4
17	CIN	W 16-13	14	64	4.6	0	3	3	30	10.0	0	9.4

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