(12-28-2019, 12:39 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(12-27-2019, 11:30 PM)JagFan81 Wrote: So before the season started, Fourmette was the biggest question mark. What Fournette would we get. Last season was a bad year all over.

Well I've got to say hes been doing everything right for me this year. Looking at stats

265 Carrie's for 1,152yds and 3 TD's. No fumbles.
76 rec on 100 targets for 522yds and 0TD.

His attitude seems so much better, hes been fighting with a poor line and a struggling O. He hadnt missed a practice all year before this week and hes played as a 3 down back all of this season. My only real worry is his speed after 30-40 yards. I think with a more solid run game base and blocking, a lot of the missed holes and stutter he had this year could be fixable.

The question now, next year is Fournettes last year, do we give him a new deal this off season? Tag him? Make him prove it again next season? Draft a replacement? How big of a deal do we offer?

Some tough questions for the hopefully new FO. But Fournette has quietly had a very good season.

I pick up his option and go from there. I see how he does in 2020 and if I like what I see behind an improved O-Line (hopefully,) I work on a new deal during the 2020 season. Unless he wants something outrageous like what Melvin Gordon wants, I re-sign him, but I'm not going to give him anything like Ezekiel Elliott, Todd Gurley, Le'Veon Bell or David Johnson type money. The Rams, Jets and Cards got burned by paying out that type of cash to their RB's. I would like to add a speedy 3rd down back with good hands who can be sent in on screen plays, as this just isn't Fournette's best skill set. He's getting better catching the ball, but he lacks the burst after the reception that guys like Corey Grant used to exhibit. We need a guy like that to compliment Fournette, but I don't know if I'd use a draft pick on one. I bet there will be plenty of those types of RB's available as UDFA's. If Fournette refuses the offer we make, I let him walk via free agency and use a 2021 draft pick to replace him. The shelf life on starting NFL RB's is not that long and giving a RB a big contract can really bite you in the butt. It's just my own philosophy that I'd never give a RB a huge contract. Some people agree with me, some people don't. I just think this team has wasted enough cap space by giving big money to players who haven't lived up to their deals.