James Conner Week 13 Outlook - Cardinals at Bears

By Pat Fitzmaurice (FantasyPros), Thu, Dec 2nd 2021, 6:54am EST

With 13 touchdowns, Conner ranks second in that category, just one TD behind league leader Jonathan Taylor. Conner has scored at least one touchdown in five consecutive games and has scored multiple TDs on four different occasions. With Chase on IR with a high-ankle sprain that will keep him out until at least Week 14, Conner's usage has expanded. Edmonds has missed the last two games and played only one snap in Week 9 before going down. In those three games, Conner has had 52-197-4 rushing and 13-139-1 receiving on 15 targets, good for an average of 23.4 fantasy points per game (0.5 PPR) over that span. The usage in the passing game is especially encouraging, since Conner had seen only five targes in his first eight games. Conner checks in at RB9 this week against a middling Bears run defense, and he's one of the best DraftKings values on the board at $5,900.