(10-29-2017, 08:27 PM)leopold332002 Wrote:

(10-29-2017, 08:09 PM)Upper Wrote: Yes but you can do that with plenty of impressive rookie RBs too. Hell, Trent Richardson had 1300 yards and 12 TDs as a rookie. I would love patience across the board, but it's also prudent to point out how it's preached when it comes to our foes and thrown in the trash when it comes to our own. Anyway that was enough derailment by me, enjoy your highlight video everyone.

Actually, trent richardson numbers was pretty underwhelming his rookie year so please do your research on his career before mentioning him.

Yeah Richardson did ok (1300 was scrimmage yards) but you could tell he wasn't explosive by his season long of 32 yards with 267 carries. Leonard has 2 over 75 in his first ~100 carries 

Richardson rookie year:
267-950-11TD-3.6ypc

Fournette first 6 games: 
130-596-6TD-4.6ypc

Richardson was targeted 70 times catching 70% of them @7 yards per with 1 TD. Leonard has only been targeted 20 times but has caught 75% of them @9 yards per with 1 TD as well.

Most importantly don't forget Luck > Bortles. ~4400 yards and 23 TDs that year... I doubt teams gameplaned to stop Richardson every week


At best you could say Richardson was similar to a fournette without the explosive plays / explosive potential. But then again what is any running back if you take away their explosive plays lol, a "meh" 3 YPC back?

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