Leonard Fournette still waiting on his breakout run

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000...eakout-run


Leonard Fournette is among the top five in carries (57) but has averaged only 3.5 yards per rush, a stat that will have box score bozos overlooking his contribution to Jacksonville's strong start.

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I predict that the Sherpa breaks off a big one against the Jets.

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Respect the game.  Play with a sense of urgency. 


1.)  Take care of the ball.  Win the turnover battle.

2.)  It's all about 3rd down.  Win on 3rd down to win the game.

3.) Playmakers make plays.  The only reason that you put your uniform on is to make plays. In order to EARN your paycheck, you must make plays.  

Learn from the great collapse of 2023.  

He's lllooooose!

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I'd love to see one of those LSU runs I've seen him do.

I'm thinking Demario David will keep him honest.

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Kinda hard to have breakout run when all the DCs game plan to stop him...

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Next headline..."Fournette still waiting on his O-Line to actually block, sometimes"

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I realize the oline hasnt been blocking fantastically and teams are gameplanning to stop him, but I have been slightly underwhelmed. Admittedly I had really high expectation. I was hoping for a generational type player like Adrian Peterson(whose rookie season with Vikings had Tarvaris Jackson, Brooks Bollinger, and Kelly Holcombe as his starting QBs). But Fournette doesnt seem to be at that level. He seems like the kind of guy that needs a hole to run through. But doesnt necessarily create his own. Often times he just runs up the middle where the play was designed to go when it looks like if he had bounced it out, there was an opening. But I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. Was what was said of him at LSU as well. That's why he wasnt overly effective against a team like Bama.

His strengths seem to be when he has a hole to run through, he has the power and speed that most other RBs dont have. And could produce big chunk plays. But until our line blocks a lot better and we get a threat of a passing game, seems like he is going to be botttled up and relatively ineffective.

*And to add one more thing, I get the impression he is the type of guy that takes a good team and makes them great. But I'm not sure he takes a lousy team and makes them good. Like the way Adrian Peterson did for the Vikings while never playing with a good QB there other than an over the hill Favre. Obviously AP is a really high bar. But anytime you draft a RB top 5, I have to think you are hoping you are getting a generational player like that. And while it's only 4 games, I'm not getting that feeling from Fournette yet. But it's still early of course.

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Scouting well is all that matters.  Draft philosophy is all fluff.

He looks really good, it is more the WRs are non factors than the blocking actually, and just that it is hard to run in todays NFL in general.

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outplayed by a 6th round pick today

bad pick, find backs anywhere

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Fournette is one the few bright spots on offense

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I am one of the bigger Fournette "haters", but even I will say yet again it's mostly coaching and not LF as the reason that he hasn't broken one. He got to the second level several times and was met by a 3rd linebacker and a box safety because we refuse to run 3 WR sets.

The Jets WRs suck as bad as ours do but they at least put 3 out there so we are forced to be in nickel. That definitely helped them break the long runs when they got to the second level. It was soooo less cluttered when they got past the dline. If we forced the defense into nickel more often I'll bet several of those 7-8 yard runs would have been broken for 20+ by now.

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outplayed by a 6th round pick today

bad pick, find backs anywhere

You dont know anything about Football then

Fournette had the game winning td and Benn did a stupid holding

That 6th round pick wasnt facing a 8 man front every time he was in the game, and he also didnt out play Fournette

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<B><FONT color=cyan>Jags this is your year</FONT></B>

outplayed by a 6th round pick today

bad pick, find backs anywhere

You dont know anything about Football then

Fournette had the game winning td and Benn did a stupid holding

That 6th round pick wasnt facing a 8 man front every time he was in the game, and he also didnt out play Fournette

I know enough about football that backs don't win you championships. and when youre picking in the top 5 you need to find a player that will be a hopeful contributor to a championship team.

and the 8 man boxes are a lame excuse. the bears have a great duo that are 5th and 4th round picks, and I doubt Mike Glennon is keeping teams from stacking the box yet they produce.

and McGuire easily outplayed Fournette today.

Jags just keep wasting valuable assets into the RB position (Fournette, Yeldon, Ivory) and don't learn their lesson

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