James Conner won’t play once more this season, in line with an ESPN report, after sustaining a critical ankle harm within the Arizona Cardinals’ 16-15 defeat to the San Francisco 49ers yesterday.
The 30-year-old operating again went down after a one-yard run early within the third quarter with the severity of the harm swiftly obvious with gamers from each groups taking a knee in solidarity with the Cardinals captain earlier than he was carted off the sector.
Based on ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Conner has been dominated out for the season and his proper ankle would require surgical procedure.
He means every little thing – Murray hails stricken Conner
“It’s unlucky,” mentioned Arizona quarterback Kyler Murray. “Simply not solely is he my teammate, I really feel like that’s a brother of mine. Simply to see him go down like that, you by no means wish to see that. I perceive it’s a part of the sport, however it isn’t ultimate. All of the work that he places in and simply who he’s as an individual, you don’t wish to see him get harm like that. Yeah, it’s robust.
“He’s every little thing, means every little thing.”
Trey Benson is now anticipated to step as much as change into the group’s first-choice operating again, not that he was displaying any indicators of pleasure after the sport.
“It’s certainly one of my finest buddies on the group,” Benson mentioned of Conner. “He was like a giant brother to me – my mentor. He taught me a whole lot of stuff right here, so it was robust [to watch].”
Conner, who was coming off back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons, is below contract with Arizona till 2026.
