(01-04-2020, 08:13 AM)SeldomRite Wrote:

(01-04-2020, 04:24 AM)Eric1 Wrote: What a terrible way to look at it...

I'm not really a fan of Fournette at all, but you could look at every RB in the league and take away their longest carry of each game and all of their numbers are going to drop...

It's not terrible, he's just clearly not a statistician able to explain what he's talking about. If you want to get an idea of his consistency you can do things like removing outlier runs and calculating a few things. Ideally you'd want your running back to be consistent in getting good yardage on each run, something like 4, 5, 4, 5, 3, 5, 6 for a 4.5 yard average. Not something like 12, -3, 1, 6, 15, -4 for 4.5 average. The first one helps you get to field goal range, the second one gets you a couple of punts.

The below article touches on the unimportance of a strong running game in the modern NFL, and essentially what a stupid draft selection Fournette was.
https://thepowerrank.com/2014/01/10/whic...-playoffs/

I put the lack of consistency on the offensive line, which was rated the 26th best in the league.  For Fournette to do as well as he did in spite of that offensive line is to his credit.  I know he's not elusive.  He's a downhill runner.  Downhill runners need space, and there were countless times I can remember when he took the handoff and was immediately met by a defender in the backfield.

As for the allegation that Fournette was a "stupid draft selection," we can't have a do-over.  He's on the team, he's a good player, and we would do well to focus on areas where we have actual HOLES in our roster like LB, DT, TE, etc etc.   There's an old saying, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."  LF is not perfect, but he is good, and arguing about whether he ought to be on the team when we have HOLES IN OTHER AREAS is pretty silly.

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