It's hard to know if Fournette was what drove the mentality change of our offense or if it was really Marrone/Coughlin. Or perhaps some combination. It felt as though there were a ton of games where Fournette was averaging less than 4 yards a carry and doing nothing that a backup couldnt do. But maybe he really opened up the offense around him. It's easy to say he did and on the flipside it's easy to say there is no evidence for it. But it's hard to really know for sure.

As we talked about at length during the year, Fournette is probably one of the best backs in the league, if not the best, when he has an obvious hole to run through. Hard to bring down and surprisingly fast. A lot of guys have great initial quickness but dont have the breakaway speed whereas Fournette seems to get faster the longer the run. The downside with Fournette is he doesnt do well in traffic, doesnt change direction very well, and doesnt seem to see holes that are created away from where the run is supposed to go.

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