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(08-31-2020, 06:14 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 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. 



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.

What are they considering a "broken tackle?"  Last year, Fournette was third in the league per Pro Football Reference in Yards After Contact with 792.  Mixon had 645 by comparison.  Fournette was also tied for 3rd best YAC/Carry at 3.0. Joe had 2.3 by comparison. Plus, he was still tied for 17th in Broken Tackles, so not bad, just not excellent.

I don't think the guy is Christian McCafferty or anything, but he's been a 1000 yard back behind an OL worse than ours 2 out of the last 3 years and he missed half a year.  That's way better than journeymen like Carlos Hyde who has 1 1,000 yard season in 6 years.  He's definitely a cut above the guys who are currently available.