James Conner: Two-Back Set ‘Something We’ve Had In For A Little While’

There was a time in the NFL when it was commonplace for there to be more running backs on the field than wide receivers. It seems as though those days are long gone at this point. Many teams now don’t even have fullbacks, or true fullbacks anyway, and legitimate two-back sets are rather scarce. The Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t run any in years.

But they could be one of the teams to do it in 2019, if the first week of OTAs is any indication—and let’s be very clear here, it very frequently isn’t. It’s worth noting that both of the running back involved in the current two-back looks they’re running in practice, James Conner and Jaylen Samuels, said that this is something they had already been…