(02-05-2018, 08:23 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(01-28-2018, 11:43 PM)TheSchmidt Wrote: Fournette isn't a top 10 back

7th in Rushing attempts despite missing three games. 
8th in Rushing yards despite missing missing three games. 
3rd in Rushing touchdowns despite missing three games. 
Longest Rushing Play with 90 yards despite missing three games. 
5th in Average Rushing yards per game despite missing three games. 

He's easily a top ten back going into 2018. Easily. He probably faced the most eight man fronts in the NFL last year. At one point I think I read that he was facing eight man fronts over 60% of the time which was an NFL high. And here's the thing. For as good as LeVeon Bell, Todd Gurley, David Johnson (when healthy) and Alvin Kamara have been or were in 2017...

Look... Blake Bortles ain't no Ben Roethlisberger. He ain't no Jared Goff (Blake's never had a 62.7 complete percentage with a 28 TD - 7 INT ratio season). He ain't no Carson Palmer. And he certainly ain't no Drew Brees. And when you factor in that this offense had no consistency at receiver until it was later on in the year. No Allen Robinson. Oft injured Allen Hurns. Marqise Lee with his inconsistencies. 

Just about everybody knew when #27 was in the backfield he was getting that football eight times out of ten.

He got so many yards because he was force fed all season. And he wasn't very efficient since he couldn't average even average 4 ypc. He had 5 games this year where he averaged >3 ypc. Those 90 yard TDs really skew his numbers. He may be one of the 10 most talented backs in the league, but he has to show more next year, at least to me.

The mediocre QB play doesn't work with me. Alex Collins got 973 yards on 4.6 ypc and Kenyan Drake got 644 yards on 4.8 ypc, they aren't exactly on electric offenses.

Off the top of my head: McCoy, Bell, Johnson, Henry, Johnson, Hunt, Ingram, Kamara, Collins, Drake, Freeman, are better.

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