(09-28-2019, 11:59 AM)nate Wrote: People who are asking this question must have only watched his bad games.

He's big, he's fast, he was ultra productive, he had hands,.....

He had the 2 fastest runs in the NFL period in 2017, correct?

Let's not be disingenuous here.....he was a GREAT prospect. You can say injuries, you can say no backs in R1, you can say you liked someone else better. That is understandable. To act like 27 wasn't a top flight prospect whon't going high is eye-roll material.

Like they showed Thursday night, n back has faced stack boxes more than him.

Maybe if we run blocked at all, this wouldn't be a thread

The problem is that he's only fast once he gets a head of steam. He is extremely unexplosive. There is a reason that he stopped after his impressive 40 yard dash and then his abysmal vertical leap at the combine. He was going to expose himself hardcore in explosion, short area quickness, and agility...and he knew it.

Remember all the predraft stuff about needing a runway and that insane stat about how LSU ran from under center like 83% of the time and on sweeps/tosses like 4x more than any other player in college? They knew you do not want Fournette to get the ball from a standstill. Give him those extra yards before getting the ball.

Oh yeah and the quote I constantly copy/pasted from Waldman's RSP about needing a fullback not because he needed the extra blocking help, but because he needed someone to follow to show him where the hole was.

He was always a square peg/round hole fit with the modern NFL. He might be a monster if you could transport him to the 80s. But alas.

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