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Running Back, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Draft: 2017 Round 3 (41)
College: Pittsburgh
Ht: 6’1” Wt: 233 DOB: 1995-05-05 Age: 24 |
| RB Rank |
Tier |
ADP-12 |
| #6 |
2 |
1.08 |
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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 (Projected) |
PIT |
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242 |
1,088 |
4.5 |
9 |
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55 |
412 |
7.5 |
2 |
216.0 |
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In a longtime keeper league last season I kept Bell, and then kicked myself for "reaching" for Conner in the middle rounds of the draft. I didn't want to get left with my pants down should Bell miss the first few games. Well you know by now how things turned out. Conner went out and set the fantasy world on fire, scoring 13 touchdowns and piling up nearly 1,500 total yards. A late season injury cost him a few games, but savvy fantasy owners might have learned a lot during those missed games.
This might be controversial, especially with Conner being a borderline top-10 pick in early drafts, but I think he is an average player that had the benefit of being a bell-cow on a team with an elite line, scheme, and receiving core. While he showed more wiggle and speed than in his first season, nothing about his running style or play jumps off the page. He benefited greatly from hogging the teams running back snaps (83% of the running back touches went to Connor), and he had the 2nd most goal line carries in the NFL with 13. One of the long standing knocks against Bell was that he was simply a product of the system. It seems possible, as college h-back Jaylen Samuels was able to step right in for Conner late in the season and put up some impressive numbers.
The bottom line here is that Conner remains the RB1 on an offense that has been dominant for the better part of a decade. I just think there was a perfect storm of consequences for Conner to put up the numbers he did last year, and it's going to be very hard for him to repeat his top-10 finish.
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Jaylen Samuels poised for big role
Steelers see backup RB as jack-of-all-trades offensive weapon
By: Doug Orth | Mon Aug 5, 6:55 pm
|  | Jaylen Samuels is like OC Randy Fichtner’s Christmas toy that he didn’t learn to play with until the following year. Last year, the Steelers wanted to see if Samuels was a professional football player. This year, he’s been a significant part of their offense, whether it’s been the backup running back or, more importantly, that jack-of-all-trades offensive weapon that can line up just about everywhere. Samuels has been a matchup nightmare for the defense in camp because he’s more than just a running back who can catch. (The Athletic - Mark Kaboly)
FFToday's Take: This should be just want the public needed to fire up Samuels' hype train again. Contrary to popular belief, James Conner is most likely locked into another heavy workload. With that said, there are 160-plus empty plays the Steelers must replace with Antonio Brown now in Oakland. Samuels' unique ability to run most of the receiver routes as a running back makes him a good place to start when redistributing those targets and/or plays.
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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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Rushing | Receiving |
Fantasy |
| Week |
Opp |
Result |
Att |
Yard |
Avg |
TD | Target |
Rec |
Yard |
Avg |
TD |
FPts |
| 1 |
at CLE |
W 21-18 |
4 |
11 |
2.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
1.1 |
| 2 |
MIN |
W 26-9 |
1 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.9 |
| 4 |
at BAL |
W 26-9 |
4 |
26 |
6.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
2.6 |
| 5 |
JAC |
L 9-30 |
3 |
9 |
3.0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.9 |
| 6 |
at KC |
W 19-13 |
2 |
14 |
7.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
1.4 |
| 7 |
CIN |
W 29-14 |
3 |
19 |
6.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
1.9 |
| 8 |
at DET |
W 20-15 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.1 |
| 10 |
at IND |
W 20-17 |
1 |
12 |
12.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
1.2 |
| 11 |
TEN |
W 40-17 |
5 |
12 |
2.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
1.2 |
| 13 |
at CIN |
W 23-20 |
3 |
12 |
4.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
1.2 |
| 14 |
BAL |
W 39-38 |
2 |
6 |
3.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.6 |
| 15 |
NE |
L 24-27 |
3 |
13 |
4.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
1.3 |
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