The Arizona Cardinals have one of the best running back rooms in the NFL
With the offseason really in the off part of season, we have the listacles, the rankings and more coming out.
These are critical, in the sense they’re not important at all, but does give us discourse and a reason to remain mad and engaged.
So, today when PFF dropped their running back unit rankings I thought it was a fair one, but was also curious to see who was ahead of the Arizona Cardinals.
“9. Arizona Cardinals
James Conner’s brilliance over the past two seasons simply cannot be overstated. During that time, he ranks second in the NFL with a 92.2 PFF rushing grade and 128 missed tackles forced. The next closest running back on the team in carries last season was Trey Benson with 63, though he “averaged a solid 4.6 yards per attempt.”
“Emari Demercado has also flashed decent production in his first two seasons, but Conner will continue to dominate this backfield until someone else steps up.”
I feel like this is more than fair, the Cardinals have an alpha, they have a good enough running back three in Demercado, the question is whether Trey Benson is going to be able to take over for Conner, maybe not immediately, but to show the potential consistently.
The interesting thing to me is who is in front of them.
Check out the article and let me know what you think.