(05-24-2018, 09:12 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-24-2018, 08:53 AM)Upper Wrote: Like early in the season when he started off with 100 yards on 26 carries, 40 yards on 14 carries, 59 yards on 17 carries, or 86 yards on 24 carries? The highest of which of those was a measly 3.85 YPC. The best you can say about early "healthy" Fournette is that he wore down the defenses for late in the game, but he was an active liability until he got his 20+ carries. That's a dangerous game to play, as we saw in many of the games where opposing defenses didn't get worn out and then we were praying for the defense to save us.

Has it really been so long since the Jags had MJD (much less Taylor) that we have already forgotten what a true beast RB looks like?

I think people see his hard-nosed style of play and general intensity and end up misinterpreting his actual performance. 

It's just selective memory IMO. A whole lot of OMG HE WAVED AT MITCHELL TO COME HIT HIM!!! and a whole lot of not remembering that he was on his way to a 5th straight terribly inefficient game to start his career that we were losing in the 3rd quarter before back to back defensive TDs (and another couple INTs on top of that) saved us.

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