(08-01-2018, 02:41 PM)JagFanatic24 Wrote: This is a non issue. If Fournette feels like he needs to use a spin move, then let him. I can remember 1 play in week 1 last season against Houston where that spin move gained us a first down.

A big man that can spin is rare. Jerome Bettis had a decent spin move much like Fournette.

If my coach told me to ditch my spin move, I would take off my cleats and tell him to find a way to rush for 1,000 yards and score 8 touchdowns in 13 games. And he wouldn't be able to.

His spin move is not slowing him down, and really that's not the point. The point is to find those extra yards and if a spin move is needed then use it.

He has a "cross over " too. It's not a Barry Sanders juke, but it's effective enough.

The issue I take with it was that as the season wore on last year he began throwing that spin out there as a last ditch effort after being stopped or stood-up  - and it very often resulted in no additional yardage. But it did put him in a more compromising position for potential injury. When playing on a bad ankle to begin with - I deem this as an unwise risk. 

Fournette's second year should be fun to watch. He'll ideally be healthier and have a stronger supporting cast. 
I am in that camp that sees him as "not a twitchy guy" but instead a serious homerun threat when given the opportunity to make one cut and go. I think he'll get more of those opportunities this year.

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