Cardinals RB James Conner said the team “can’t shy away” from being a co-RB1 with Trey Benson this season.

Conner’s remarks come after the Cardinals’ red-white practice, which took place on Saturday. Conner and Benson are expected to split more of the workload in 2025 after head coach Jonathan Gannon said during the offseason that the team “should have two No. 1 backs” this season. Conner also added, per Cardinals team writer Darren Urban, that Benson “is going to play a lot this season.” Conner is entering his age-30 season and is well beyond the running back age cliff. With that in mind, he’s also coming off his second-straight 1,000-yard rushing season and had a career-high 1,500 yards from scrimmage. Whether or not Benson’s opportunities will prove beneficial for fantasy purposes is hard to predict, but for a player who is going in the double-digit rounds of fantasy drafts, he could prove to be a solid sleeper that has high-end RB2 upside should Conner ever miss time.