DRBR: Arizona Cardinals

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I have some very conflicting feelings on James Connor this season. He was fabulous in 2024. This has absolutely nothing to do with him. His DRBR scores were fantastic, especially from the dynamic scoring area because when you take a look at what this guy did with the ball in his hand, making people miss, breaking tackles, yards after contact, he was very, very good. But so was Trey Benson. And Trey Benson is younger. James Connor is entering his age 30 season. So, he's really starting to hit that point where a majority of running backs see a decline in production. So, health is going to be the main factor.

But how early do you want to draft James Connor? And if you do, these scores suggest Trey Benson is a mustown handcuff for you. James Connor and Trey Benson had nearly identical numbers last year when it came to yards after contact per attempt with James Connor averaging 330 and Trey Benson averaging 3.33. But Trey Benson also did a really good job when it came to making people miss. 14 missed tackles on not even 70 rushing attempts last season. Trey Benson is ready for a bigger workload. if it presents itself, that's going to take a James Connor injury, and we've seen it happen in the past.

If James Connor is healthy, he should have another fantastic season. The numbers indicate that he's not slowing down even at 30 years old. But my recommendation would be if you own James Connor, you need to have Trey Benson because the DRBR scoring tells us that if Trey Benson takes over this backfield, he's gonna be a stud.