This week Andre Ellington met possibly the best thing to happen to him in 2015. And he’s smart enough to know it.

Ellington felt the opposite of threatened when the Cardinals drafted running back David Johnson in the third round last week. If Johnson, from Northern Iowa, is what the Cardinals think he is, he will lighten Ellington’s load.

Ellington is already feeling as if a weight has been lifted, and he hasn’t even practiced with Johnson.

“I don’t see why not,” Ellington said when asked if he would be helped by the addition of Johnson. “It allows me to have more rest time, and it should keep the offense upbeat.”

via Kent Somers of azcentral.com