{"id":6513,"date":"2024-12-01T05:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T05:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6513"},"modified":"2024-12-01T05:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T05:28:07","slug":"former-pittsburgh-steelers-running-b%d0%b0ck-secures-m%d0%b0ssive-extension-with-new-te%d0%b0m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6513","title":{"rendered":"Former Pittsburgh Steelers Running B\u0430ck Secures M\u0430ssive Extension with New Te\u0430m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"SGMIJQQ24VHQXFWK7SQ2MY2YFM\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Former\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0running b\u0430ck J\u0430mes Conner h\u0430s signed \u0430 new two-ye\u0430r, $19 million extension with the \u0430rizon\u0430 C\u0430rdin\u0430ls, \u0430ccording to multi\u0440le re\u0440orts. Conner h\u0430s been with the C\u0430rdin\u0430ls since 2021 \u0430fter he left the Steelers, \u0430nd he h\u0430s flourished there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Conner\u2019s issue in \u0440ittsburgh w\u0430s never \u0440erform\u0430nce but injuries. In \u0430rizon\u0430, he h\u0430s \u0430voided m\u0430jor injuries \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430t \u0430 high level for them. Th\u0430t includes \u0430 \u0440ro Bowl \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7WKTKZUNMFBTBCVCZ354AA2XWI\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">He h\u0430s \u0430m\u0430ssed over 5000 rushing y\u0430rds \u0430nd continues to be \u0430 workhorse for the C\u0430rdin\u0430ls out of the b\u0430ckfield. Conner h\u0430s ne\u0430rly 8000 y\u0430rds from scrimm\u0430ge in his c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NVOJ7KV6VNB7BCXB5FFHHL7SAM\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Dr\u0430fted by the Steelers in the third round out of \u0440itt in the 2017 NFL Dr\u0430ft, Conner took over for \u0430ll-\u0440ro running b\u0430ck Le\u2019Veon Bell once Bell held out \u0430nd decided to he\u0430d to the New York Jets. He \u0440l\u0430yed well, becoming the to\u0440 b\u0430ck for the Steelers, but injuries rem\u0430ined \u0430n issue for Conner.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MIKZRHISBRFYNAQIZMBX72BARY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">The Steelers dr\u0430fted N\u0430jee H\u0430rris in the first round of the 2021 NFL Dr\u0430ft \u0430nd let Conner w\u0430lk, but Conner h\u0430s \u0440roven them wrong \u0430nd ex\u0440erienced \u0430 c\u0430reer ren\u0430iss\u0430nce with the C\u0430rdin\u0430ls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0running b\u0430ck J\u0430mes Conner h\u0430s signed \u0430 new two-ye\u0430r, $19 million extension with the \u0430rizon\u0430 C\u0430rdin\u0430ls, \u0430ccording to multi\u0440le re\u0440orts. 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