The 2020 NFL Draft will get underway Thursday night and barring something monumental happening, the Pittsburgh Steelers won’t make a selection until Friday night. Assuming the Steelers stand pat with their current selections, they’ll make two picks Friday night. One of those two picks could potentially wind up being a running back and if that’s ultimately the case, it will be a clear sign and message that running back James Conner likely isn’t expected to have a future with the Steelers past the 2020 season.
While Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert has seemingly gone out of his way more than once this offseason to defend Conner’s injury-plagued career in Pittsburgh so far, he also hasn’t come right out and said that the team won’t draft a running back this coming weekend.