1st Waiver add Position

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(08-31-2020, 05:26 PM)Whatever Wrote: Fournette averages over 100 yards from scrimmage a game.  The only reason his yards/season is down is because he missed 8 games in '18. Both his rushing yards/game and scrimmage yards/game are actually better than Joe Mixon's and the Jags OL is also pretty crappy. Plus, we're talking about him as a timeshare/fallback option depending on Joe.  I can see the debate over his character and the salary, but he's a feature back, no question. 

On 22.2 touches per game, which is a pretty healthy amount. Missing games isn't an excuse though, because you're not good if you're not healthy. Even when healthy though, he doesn't do himself a ton of favors...

The guy only had 19 broken tackles in 398 rushes over the last two years... as a 230lb RB. That's 20.9 carries per broken tackle which is pretty pathetic.

For comparison, some other RBs carries per broken tackle over the last two years...
Joe Mixon: 17.2
Derrick Henry: 8.2
Saquon Barkley: 10.4
Nick Chubb: 9.1
Christian McCaffrey: 16.3
Ezekiel Elliott: 14.1
Chris Carson: 10.3
Phillip Lindsay: 10.7

As you can see, 20.9 is a huge number in comparison. 

(08-31-2020, 05:45 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: This is my point.  Surrounding cast, even Mixon had better.  He had NOTHING around him.  Absolutely nothing.  He had injuries, too.  I wasn't justifying his draft position, I was countering someone that said he wasn't even "particularly good", which is a bunch of crap.  Put that guy on a team like pitt and watch out...which is a large part of why I drew attention to his release.  I don't want him going there.  

Maybe. I just see a guy who can't stay healthy, and has only had 1 good year out of 3.

Pittsburgh can't be your example of where he'll thrive because they are allowed to hold all game long. Any RB will do well with an OL that is allowed to hold. They made Bell look like a HoF back and even made Connor a Pro Bowler. Heck, that OL held enough that even the washed up corpse of 32-year-old DeAngelo Williams put together a good season.

If you look at my top reply of my double-reply, you'll see that surrounding talent aside, Fournette hasn't done himself a ton of favors in getting extra yardage. He simply either doesn't run powerful or elusive enough to help himself as good RBs do.