This season has been full of surprises and plot twists, from the recent news of Kareem Hunt’s disturbing video, to big time injuries likes Alex Smiths leg injury. But the story line that has been filling the news all year was the situation regarding Steelers Star running back Le’Veon Bell. Bell being on a contract year, there was a lot of talk early on that he was going to hold out for almost half the season and was expected to return to his team, sometimes after week 7. However, as week seven as come and gone Bell is still not been to one team event in fact he has announced that he is going to sit out the remainder of the season, in order to make sure that he is going to be paid and not suffer an injury before the end of the season which could jeopardize the chances of him receiving the contract that he without a doubt deserves. In his absence the Steelers have had quite the replacement for Bell, in the form of James Connor, just in his second season in the NFL, the 3rd round draft pick out of the University of Pittsburgh has put up quite the numbers for his team. IN his first 12 weeks of being a starting running back in the NFL, Connor, has accumulated 909 rushing yards with 12 touchdowns, this is good enough to earn him the number 10 spot on the overall fantasy rankings thus far. With Le’Veon Bells future uncertain, Conner has definitely made a good first impression which could impact the Steelers desire to pay Bell the monster contract that he is seeking. Even if the Steelers choose to go with Bell, Conner has given himself an opportunity to play on any team in the league.
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