(12-26-2017, 11:32 AM)jagherd Wrote:

(12-26-2017, 08:32 AM)SeldomRite Wrote: Fournette was a terrible pick due to his chronic ankle problems.

He'll probably never give the team more than a few good games a season until they let him walk in a few years. Considering the team was already loaded with talent it's going to be a long time until we get another top five pick and wasting this last one is going to set the team back compared to what it could have been had it taken someone that won't spend half of every season useless due to injury.

Arguing about where he was drafted is legit, especially when you can find guys like Kareem Hunt, Kamara, and many others like that in later rounds.

However, draft position aside, LF is a good player. You can see the big time difference in talent between him and the other RBs the Jags have. 

LF has power, speed, good moves, and initiates contact when needed. It's not his fault where he was drafted (just like the Fowler argument before). 

LF is definitely not the reason the Jags lose or Bortles sucks as the original poster is theorizing.

If there's ANY truth to that theory,, it's the coaching plan when LF is playing. 

As stated elsewhere too, the games LF didn't play and Bortles looked awesome were against TERRIBLE pass defenses (Bengals, Colts X2). Trying to connect Bortles' awesome play to LF not being in the game is disingenuous.

When he's healthy he's a frightening talent. Possibly the strongest talent at the position since Jim Brown. However he has major health concerns and in a critical area for a running back.

If he didn't have the major health concerns I'd say he'd be one of the few running backs to be worthy of a top selection overall. However since he's not going to be effective at the workload you need from a top running back, he just wasn't a good pick at four. With his injury concerns he'd have been fine on the middle of the first where premium players are much more scarce, but not in the top five.

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