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Leonard Fournette of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Antonio Brown are in the news. In this past offseason, Antonio Brown’s career took a drastic downturn. After being released by the Oakland Raiders, he signed with the New England Patriots, only to be released after allegations of rape came to light. Since then, Brown has proclaimed that […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars were unable to get back into the win column after being flat-out dominated by the Indianapolis Colts in Week 11. It seems head coach Doug Marrone has some regrets about running back Leonard Fournette’s lack of usage. Instead, Marrone opted to take full advantage of quarterback Nick Foles’ return with a pass-heavy […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars will have their work cut out trying to make the playoffs down the final stretch of the 2019 NFL season. Regardless, running back Leonard Fournette is looking on the bright side of how this team has performed thus far. The Jaguars have dealt with their fair share of significant changes throughout the […]

Leonard Fournette has been turning things around with the Jacksonville Jaguars this season and is getting back to being the playmaking running back that the team has needed him to be. That was the case once again to start this week’s matchup against the New York Jets. While Gardner Minshew has received a ton of […]

What are we supposed to do in fantasy football this week with Christian McCaffrey having a bye week? Should we include him in the start ’em sit ’em debate this week leave him in our lineups, just out respect for what he has done this season? Currently, McCaffrey has 181.3 fantasy points this season, which […]

Through the first three weeks of the NFL season, Leonard Fournette was somewhat of a let-down in fantasy football. Then, in Week 4, the Jacksonville Jaguars running back came alive with 225 yards on 29 carries en route to a 26.5 fantasy-point performance. With that in mind, can Fournette be a top-five running back in […]

Week 4 featured plenty of upsets. In fact, eight underdogs (according to Las Vegas point spreads) emerged victorious out of the 15 games on the slate. Let’s unpack another eventful weekend in the NFL with 10 takeaways from Week 4. 10. Jordan Howard comes alive, hangs 3 TDs on Packers Jordan Howard, who was traded […]

Prior to the beginning of Week 4, everyone was longing to see the once-dominant version of Leonard Fournette. The Jacksonville Jaguars running back showed that he is finally back after a massive performance against the Denver Broncos. In the first three weeks of the season, Fournette carried it 43 times for just 179 yards. Even […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars won their second straight game on Sunday, rallying for a 26-24 victory over the Denver Broncos. The win was keyed by a brilliant performance from Leonard Fournette, who carried the ball 29 times for a career-high 225 yards, including an 81-yard scamper. Afterward, Fournette said that the trust he has begun to […]

The Denver Broncos appeared to be well on their way to their first win of the 2019 NFL season following a solid start against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 4. Unfortunately, the monster performance from running back Leonard Fournette helped fuel their last-second comeback win. Vic Fangio had to face facts. The Broncos’ porous rush […]

While Leonard Fournette has shown some positive flashes so far this year, he’s struggled to find his footing so far. Has that all changed though? The Jacksonville Jaguars squared off with the Denver Broncos for a Week 4 matchup on Sunday. In that game, Fournette has been putting in some serious work. Coming into the […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are off to a slow 1-2 start to the 2019 season. Running back Leonard Fournette is right there with them… so what does this mean for fantasy football? Through three games, Fournette has just 179 rushing yards and no touchdowns, fumbling once. Those struggles have led to his fantasy stock dropping pretty […]

When running over an SEC defender while at LSU, Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette looked like he could be the next great NFL back. Possessing a physical prowess similar to Adrian Peterson, Fournette can be a work-horse back, but through three games so far this season he hasn’t exceeded more than 15 carries. For […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars will hit the road to face the Denver Broncos in Week 4. Consider the fantasy football implications. Among them, some fantasy players may have their attention focused on Leonard Fournette on Sunday. The Broncos defense has been solid to begin the season but there are some noticeable weaknesses so far. With that […]

With three weeks now in the books, we are now getting a good feel for what running backs are for real this season. At the same time, we are also discovering what running backs are going to disappoint for the majority of the season, making some of the start ’em sit ’em decisions very interesting. […]

Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Marrone has made it clear who’s to blame for the team having trouble running the ball and it’s not Leonard Fournette. Marrone said he has seen the problems rushing the ball and he thinks it’s because of the offensive lines inability to create a push. “I feel like we aren’t giving […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars will be entering Week 2 as slight underdogs to the Houston Texans. With rookie Gardner Minshew starting this game, the Jaguars may decide to lean on Leonard Fournette a little more. Last week against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Jaguars began the game with a 10-point deficit in the first quarter. After […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars will hit the road to take on the Houston Texans in a crucial AFC South matchup in Week 2, and there are some solid fantasy football options for both teams. It was a rough start to the Nick Foles era in Jacksonville, as he suffered a broken clavicle against the Kansas City […]

Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien knows the team has a different matchup this week going against Leonard Fournette and he knows they are going to have their hands full. In Week 1 against the New Orleans Saints, the Texans really struggled against Alvin Kamara, allowing him to rush for 97 yards on 13 carries and […]

Coming into the 2019 season, running backs were expected to be the most prominent position in fantasy football. After Week 1, running backs didn’t disappoint with two of them being in the top three fantasy scorers this week. Both Christian McCaffrey and Austin Ekeler helped plenty of fantasy football savants to victory in their Week […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans both suffered devastating blows in Week 1. For the Jacksonville Jaguars, they suffered an unfortunate injury to Nick Foles in the first quarter. On the play, Foles connected with DJ Chark on a 35-yard pass that resulted in six points for the Jaguars. At the same time, the Jaguars […]

Leonard Fournette is looking better by the day. This fact is something that should excite plenty of the Jacksonville Jaguars faithful. The former LSU star (who was once touted as the Michael Jordan of football) had the numbers during his rookie year to prove the hype. However, his horrible 2018 stint had people writing him […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are coming off of a thoroughly disappointing 2018 campaign in which they won just five games, one year after making it all the way to the AFC Championship Game. As a result, expectations are not all that high for the Jaguars entering 2019, but there is still hope. For starters, Jacksonville replaced […]

Jacksonville Jaguars star running back Leonard Fournette is being given lofty expectations and full control in the backfield according to new offensive coordinator John DeFilippo. DeFilippo, 41, is entering his first season as OC for the Jaguars after spending last year with the Minnesota Vikings and previously organizing the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles’ offense from […]

It is no secret that Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette is coming off a disastrous 2018 campaign. Fortunately, it seems he is showing signs of a potential resurgence in the 2019 NFL season. Fournette has been open about some of the drastic changes he made this offseason. He admitted that dropping weight was one […]

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette had some struggles during the 2018 season and he made some big changes this offseason to try and get better, including trying to get some of the “bad people” out of his life. Fournette made an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio and said that there were a lot of […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars had an extremely disappointing 2018 season, but Leonard Fournette thinks they can get back to their old heights. After making the AFC Championship Game in 2017, expectations were understandably high heading into last year. Instead of building on their success, they fell flat on their faces. They ended up going just 5-11 […]

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette wasn’t a huge pass-catching threat during college or his first couple of years in the league, but coach Doug Marrone thinks it’s something that can be exploited this year in the offense. During Monday’s practice, he caught three passes out of the backfield looking very comfortable in the role, […]

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette isn’t famed for his work at receiver. He’s a big, bludgeoning, power back that forces defenses to stack boxes. But, that may change. New offensive coordinator John DeFilippo told John Oehser of Jaguars.com that he plans to involve backs in the passing game. “That’s a role that position needs […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars fell flat in 2018 after making a surprising run to the AFC Championship Game the year prior. Leonard Fournette saw last season as a wake-up call for the Jaguars. When speaking about last season, Leonard Fournette says the 2018 season “humbled a lot of us” in Jacksonville. The running back is seeing […]

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette was one of the league’s biggest disappointments in 2018, rushing for just 439 yards and five touchdowns while averaging a meager 3.3 yards per carry. In Fournette’s defense, the entire Jaguars team was a massive bust this past season, but people expected more from the second-year back who had […]

The 2018 NFL season did not go quite as planned for Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette. As a result, he could be entering a bit of a deciding year in Jacksonville. Fournette is coming off a disastrous 2018 campaign that saw him struggle both on and off the field. According to John Reid of […]

The 2018 campaign was nothing short of a disaster for the Jacksonville Jaguars, as they won just five games a year after making it all the way to the AFC Championship Game and looking like a legitimate Super Bowl contender. Now, the Jaguars have much more modest hopes going into 2019, as no one expects […]

The Jacksonville Jaguars are coming off of an incredibly disappointing 2018 campaign in which they won just five games, one year after making it all the way to the AFC Championship Game. The Jaguars decided to make some big changes this offseason, and they started under center, with Jacksonville replacing Blake Bortles with Nick Foles. […]

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette did not exactly live up to expectations in his second year in the NFL. After a rookie campaign in which he rushed for 1,040 yards and nine touchdowns while hauling in 36 receptions for 302 yards and a score, Fournette totaled just 439 yards and five touchdowns on the […]

Every year in Fantasy Football drafts, there comes a time when you have players at the same position that you can’t decide between. Both could be destined for big things. Or maybe both players might carve out a decent role. It causes frustration for Fantasy Football owners when they draft the wrong one, but elation […]

Not two years ago, the Jacksonville Jaguars were a quarter away from dethroning the New England Patriots and making it to the Super Bowl. They ended up losing that game, but the future looked incredibly bright. Enter 2018, and many felt the Jaguars would be a legitimate Super Bowl contender. They had an improving quarterback, […]

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette has 58 catches in his NFL career and according to quarterback Nick Foles that number is about to go way up. Foles knows how important is to an offense it is when a running back can catch the ball out of the backfield, and after watching Fournette for a […]

The 2018 NFL season was one that Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette would like to forget. With only 439 rushing yards in eight games, Fournette was absent a majority of the season with injuries, inappropriate on-field behavior, and an offseason run-in with the police that left many questioning the former LSU star’s tenure with […]