First call: New injury for James Conner; milestone for Jordan Steel; PK Subban’s Ugly Injury to Penguins

First call: New injury for James Conner; milestone for Jordan Steel; PK Subban’s Ugly Injury to Penguins

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Tuesday’s “First Call” reveals another injury for Pittsburgh Steelers free agent James Conner. This happened off the field.

Former Penguin Jordan Steel reaches milestone. A Steelers draft prospect has advice for whatever team he chooses. And you absolutely must see the injury that PK Subban sustained against the Penguins on Sunday.

On second thought, you should absolutely not see the injury that PK Subban sustained against the Penguins Sunday.

In the cards?

Maybe there’s a little fire in the smoke when it comes to James Conner and the Arizona Cardinals.

Last week in ‘First Call’, we shared a CardsWire.com report suggesting that the Steelers free agent may be an answer to the franchise’s in – depth problems due to the setback.

Monday, Fox’s Jay Glazer tweeted that Conner was on his way to Arizona for a visit. It turns out that part of the reason Conner is still available on the free agency market is that he’s getting another injury. This time, the Pitt product, which was regularly on the sidelines, needed surgery to correct a problem similar to turf. And the injury was sustained while driving a type of recreational vehicle.

The New York Jets and Miami Dolphins apparently also expressed interest in Conner.

You’re not eating right now, are you?

PK Subban, defender of the New Jersey Devils, apparently suffered a horrible injury during Sunday night’s game against the Penguins.

He shared these photos from his Twitter account after his thigh was cut open by a skateboard.

If you think I embedded the link instead of embedding the tweet because the photos are too nasty to display on their own, the answer is, ‘Yes. Yes, they are. ”

It is clear that you have already visited this page.

But according to Subban, he never missed a shift before or after being stabbed.

‘Steel’ wait

Congratulations to former Penguins Stanley Cup champion Jordan Staal. He played in the NHL game No. 1,000 with the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night.

As Seth Rorabaugh of TribLive researched, this is rare air for any draft pick from the Belly.

Steel played nine years and 569 games with the Hurricanes. He played six years and 431 games with the Pens. It does not include 96 joint national season matches between the two franchises.

The Hurricanes lost 3-1 to the Detroit Red Wings. Steel sits at 567 career points after receiving assistance during the loss.

So now you know

Zaven Collins is an interesting prospect who has appeared on some of the Steelers concept boards of late.

The standout in Tulsa plays like an indoor court in a 3-4. But he’s big enough to be a 3-4 rush.

Collins is 6 feet-4 and weighed 259 pounds on his pro day. He ran the 40 in 4.67 seconds, but it’s still very good for his size. And he seems to have better soccer speed in pads.

In eight games for Tulsa in 2020, he had 54 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, four sacks and four interceptions. He returned two of them for touch.

And he wants to play as an off-the-ball lineback in the NFL.

“I would say that the position that enables someone to run, chase, make tackles in the backfield, can be in cover, just have to run side by side,” Collins said after his pro day.

‘Every position that allows me to run, to move freely, not to hold me to one side, to really engage me in defense, is what’s going to suit me best, mostly because I only have one skill for football, like being around the football, like being able to run … So in some defensive work it is very suitable for me to be in the lineout position from the outside, and in some defenses it is not so suitable, for you are basically like a rush. “

Given the loss of Vince Williams, it could be a good pass for the Steelers. And after Bud Dupree left for Tennessee, Collins could possibly be a replacement as well.

Reunite

The Cincinnati Bengals hit a known target for quarterback Joe Burrow.

This is the former LSU team, Thaddeus Moss. He was an unknown rookie signed by the Washington Football Team in 2020.

Moss, the son of Hall of Fame receiver Randy Moss, was acquitted by Washington on April 9 after failing to get a turn in his rookie season. As a redshirt junior, his final year at LSU, Moss finished with 47 receptions for 570 yards. These are school records for fixed marks. He also had four touchdowns, including two in the 2019-20 College Football Playoff National Championship game.

Tim Benz is a staff writer for Tribune-Review. You can contact Tim at [email protected] or via Twitter. All tweets can be re-posted. Unless otherwise stated, all emails are subject to publication.

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