Arizona Cardinals HC Mike LaFleur unfazed by potential RB logjam
LaFleur: ""I'll never be upset with having too many good NFL players at a position."
The Arizona Cardinals officially have a crowded running back room. They used their top draft pick to select Jeremiyah Love. They signed Tyler Allgeier in free agency, paying him $7 million this year.
They retained James Conner, their lead back for the last five years. They still have former third-round pick Trey Benson as well. Allgeier joined the Cardinals believing that he would have a greater role than he had with the Atlanta Falcons, playing behind Bijan Robinson.
For head coach Mike LaFleur, it is a good problem to have. "I'll never be upset with having too many good NFL players at a position, you know, and the two guys that you mentioned in Tyler and James, they they've played a lot of productive football in this league," LaFleur said on the "Rich Eisen Show . "'ll date back to 2019 in San Francisco.
We had four backs that contributed that year — sometimes by injury, sometimes by the hot hand, but there were four NFL backs on that roster that all contributed in different ways. " The Cardinals know all too well what can happen to a running back room. Last season, they expected Conner and Benson to shoulder the offensive load.