not just of last night's game. But what we've seen from him
all year because he was forgotten, he was discarded.
And yeah, it was on the market for a long time. He ended up
taking a bargain-basement deal because nobody wanted
him. James Conner
good. You came
pit running back the cancer survivor. It was a great story
when it came to Pittsburgh, it made sense, but they just
decided after four years. They were done with James Conner and
I think everybody else.
Else followed the league. Look at that. Catch. What a cat.
He's got. He's got like five one-handed catches and Sherry
had 94 receiving yards last night two touchdowns. He scored
a touchdown in seven straight games. They have found a way to
unleash skills that we didn't know this guy had because
again,
he never got a chance to flourish and develop and grow
in the Pittsburgh offense. You put him in a more Dynamic
offense, right? And all of a sudden. He's a superstar. Yeah.
That's right, you know, yeah, they were, you know, Pittsburgh
was a little offensively challenged
last few years. Right, they couldn't find ways to get him
the ball or utilize them to their full capacity. Like we're
talking about,
he's just got no weakness to his game. I mean, it's
an amazing story. It really is. He's easy to root for. I met
James Conner, once in my life, and he's one of those guys were
just
niceness just falls off them. He looks at you and you go
the guy's a nice guy hasn't said a word you can see it in his
eyes. So he's easy to root for that way.
And man. I mean just does it all like say there's no
situation during the game where he really
Has to come off the field running routes great,
you know, he's covered. Whoa, he's got great hands. We get
throwback shoulders. He'll catch the ball, one hand and
blah blah blah, pick it up the blitz. Does that you know can
run between the tackles for power can make people Miss in
space.
Yeah. He doesn't have like home run hitting speed. He's not
going to break 70 yard touchdowns. But other than
that, there's nothing not to like about James Connors game.
And you know, what? A job. He's done with Chase Edmunds being
hurt. And
yeah, he was, he was
Big reason the you know, they
they mounted a comeback,
you know, and it was because of James Conner to a degree
and Kyla Marine company and you know that
hey even with all that. And some of the mistakes Arizona
made last night there. They were down two touchdowns. And
on what the 7-yard line
and DeAndre Hopkins dropped the slant route, right on Fourth
and two, where you'd go, DeAndre Hopkins catches that
ball 999 times out of 1,000. He dropped it,
you know, and of course that was a that Was one of the
the the first Nails in the coffin. Maybe for them to actually win
the game. Big moment right there, but man,
sorry to change the subject but James Conner was amazing. Yeah,
and then it pops up and Cristian Kirk was touted as it,
hit the ground but that would have been something if it in
balls, its way through to Kirk and he rolls into the endzone
off of that one. That would change. The complexion of
the whole game,
one last thing on Conor. Yeah.
He's got 16 touchdowns
so far. This season tied for third in the NFL or third in
the end. Excuse me, and he had two last night.
His total compensation package this year.
1.75. Wow, so he's he's delivered.
He's going to deliver more than 17 touchdowns for 1.75.
That's a pretty good investment
by the Arizona Cardinals. And it just shows you that,
you know, this is the flip side
of the idea that there are so many running backs out. Yeah,
this get a job done. So, but the problem is, every once in
a while. There's going to be a guy who really can get the job
done, who gets thrown into the mix with all the others that
are just
I have Churn it out, basic meat and potatoes. And,
and again, this is kind of the DK Metcalfe conversation again,
because I'm did the Steelers really know what they had. Now
we got injured a lot in Pittsburgh. Yeah, but but maybe
this is a guy who
who just did just didn't quite fit, what the Steelers were
willing to do offensive ly and you know, not your classic
between the tackles Runner, right? And and maybe he just
needed to be in a different spot and look
at how it's worked out for the Cardinals and
shame on everyone. Else out there who didn't realize that
there was a gem. That was just hiding in plain sight that
nobody wanted. Yeah, it is. It's he just but you know, we
see this story, right, you know every year there's a there's
a handful of guys where
they get to a new team
and we go. Wow. Whoa, I didn't realize he's this good,
you know, because he finally gets in the right situation
that understands how to utilize his talent. There's some other
Talent around him that, you know, allows himself to shine.
Not. Everything's on them.
Pittsburgh's, you know, Offense has been tough. They're
the last year's let alone. Like you said, they've been injured.
So the game didn't lend itself to his type of play,
but he certainly has a role in. Yeah,
that this is the flip side of where you watch a guy and you go,
man. This is where I feel bad about the running backs again.
He's great. Unbelievable production puts his body. On
the line is getting screwed over, he's making 1.7 million
dollars. I mean, and he's
he's playing like,
you know, one of the top 10 backs and football this year
and that's where it's a tough story of that run.
Back position but he's in the spot now that
you know is just perfect for him
and he can do everything within that offense and
he knows how to deliver within it and it's cool to see it
really is.