(12-28-2019, 12:59 AM)JackCity Wrote:

(12-27-2019, 11:43 PM)Upper Wrote: I'll start with the good, he appears to have taken a step forward as a human being and he has become a legitimately good blocker and at least a serviceable pass catcher.

That said, there are 27 RBs with 150 touches. Fournette is 18th in yards per carry and 20th in yards per reception. He is still an inefficient compiler at RB who is a square peg in the round hole that is the modern NFL.

We aren't winning anything of significance again while he is the centerpiece of the offense, thus we should not pay him as such. Let some other stupid team do that.

Remember short yardage uses brings down yards per carry and he's used on short yardage more than any back in that group. Also ypc isn't a good stat to measure RB performance.

Is there evidence of the former?

And YPC isn't perfect no, but our eyes show us plenty too. There are still multiple times a game where there is a gaping hole and LF just misses it, or he gets to the outside and it's him one on one vs a DB and he goes down feebly. Then we have to go back to how the rest of the offense has to sacrifice in order for square peg Fournette to have the offense catered to him. He doesn't come across as better than average no matter how you slice it to me.

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