Leonard Fournette And His Strong Game
October 26th, 2021
Money.
A football thinktank is giving the Bucs’ No. 1 running back some love this week.
Playoff Lenny had a strong game against the Bears. Playoff Lenny had 90 yards from scrimmage and 81 came on the ground.
But what Vincent Verhei documents on Football Outsiders is, per the outfit’s statistical mumbo jumbo, Playoff Lenny was their No. 5 runner of the week. Specifically, what made Playoff Lenny’s performance against the Bears special was that he was a money back.
Meanwhile, he ran for seven first downs, including gains of 12, 12, and 15 yards.
That’s called moving the chains and eating up the clock. That’s exactly the type of running that both wins ballgames and makes Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians smile.
Keep it up Playoff Lenny!
October 26th, 2021 at 11:31 am
4Net should have been the starter Week 1.
Vaughn should be #2.
October 26th, 2021 at 11:55 am
This team is just toying w/ their opponents in order to get ready for the playoffs. This will never happen again w/o a TB12
October 26th, 2021 at 12:14 pm
Pete, I agree. Pretty crazy we are able to do that with injuries still a factor..
October 26th, 2021 at 12:49 pm
I disagree. JW would have done the same thing with this team. just look at him now in NO!
October 26th, 2021 at 1:12 pm
We have no clue how JW would do with this team and I, for one, am glad for that.
October 26th, 2021 at 1:18 pm
RoJo also ran well. The O-line was owning the bears and the running Lanes were there for the taking. Fournette is playing great but RoJo can still be very useful. Don’t want Fournette getting too comfortable. RoJo came in for a series and looked good, which imo keeps Fournette in prove it mode.
October 26th, 2021 at 2:12 pm
Bigpoppa: good call GO BUCS!
October 26th, 2021 at 2:50 pm
lenny is giving rojo not even an inch of room to move in on his spot
October 26th, 2021 at 3:54 pm
If I weren’t having Brady’s baby I’d have Lenny’s.
October 26th, 2021 at 4:10 pm
On this team, the pass sets up the run. If you’re having trouble covering the receivers and TEs, you can’t have as many in the box. That, plus the stout O-line play, opens up the running game.
Rojo did have some good angry runs, but no way he’s as good as 4Net.
October 26th, 2021 at 5:51 pm
ROBERT- Stop being a hater ! First of all, you know NOTHING!! Go root for the AINTS and your favorite QB JW !! Unbelievable that we are in the middle of the BEST couple years the Bucs might EVER HAVE , and it’s STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR SOME PEOPLE !! BANDWAGON FANS … GO BUCS
October 26th, 2021 at 6:16 pm
@Robert Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Man I thought you were serious for a moment. Robert?
October 26th, 2021 at 6:42 pm
@Robert…. Living proof not too buy drugs from Pete… Too pure for ya
October 26th, 2021 at 7:24 pm
Dude is ballin’ his arse off. He deserves all the love and TB12 LOVES having some consistency in the running game.
October 26th, 2021 at 10:52 pm
Drinking a bottle of JD after eating a quaalude and smoking a bag of weed isn’t wise for someone who sustained a debilitating head injury at birth.
Robert, go sleep it off man.