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No Yeldon today? Fournette 20+ points
He’s officially off my consideration list, guy rides the bench.
Might just outright drop him, bad locker room guy, don’t want him on my roster anyways. Should we win, he doesn’t deserve to be a league champion, we did in spite of him this year.
I just dropped him, don’t even want him on my roster for this championship game. Let’s go Alshon Jeffrey!!
#### this guy, on my DND list in 2019!
https://mobile.twitter.com/Jaguars/status/1076883130567389186?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet
Is this because he won’t need them today?
21 for 52 & 3 for 14
I hate this man. I benched Fournette and Michel for ####### Jeffrey, fml!!
Leonard Fournette (ankle, foot) is doubtful for Week 17 against the Texans.
Carlos Hyde (knee) is questionable, so it could be T.J. Yeldon and David Williams in the backfield for the finale. Fournette is obviously unlikely to play, closing the book on an extremely disappointing second season for both him and the team. Fournette appeared in eight games, rushing 133 times for 439 yards (3.3 YPC) and five touchdowns, adding 22-185-1 as a receiver.
Dec 28 - 12:25 PM
Not sure I understand? You mean sitting on the bench disinterested? If so only Yeldon and Fournette can answer that but I don't blame either of them.ASeeing that all over twitter but no one has explained what they were doing/what Coughlin was referring to
I'm sure Jags will try and trade him but what is surprising about this is it sounds like if they can't get something enough of value they are actually going to cut him. That they took steps already to be able to cut him and not take any salary cap hits likely speaks to the market they anticipate seeing. I know he's had his issues but some good moments as well and I'm kind of stunned that things could potentially get this bad this quickly for the 4th overall pick of the draft and just as stunned that the guy who took him 4th overall and passed on a ton of QB's is keeping his job.If you’re in the market for a consistently injured RB averaging 3.7 yards a carry, could be your lucky day!!
As an idiot who took him with my 1st round pick at 8 this year, I watched him frequently this season - he looked every bit as bad as his stats.I'm sure Jags will try and trade him but what is surprising about this is it sounds like if they can't get something enough of value they are actually going to cut him. That they took steps already to be able to cut him and not take any salary cap hits likely speaks to the market they anticipate seeing. I know he's had his issues but some good moments as well and I'm kind of stunned that things could potentially get this bad this quickly for the 4th overall pick of the draft and just as stunned that the guy who took him 4th overall and passed on a ton of QB's is keeping his job.
I won my league, even with the Fournette mishap. James Conner was my LF replacement.Our sixteen team league’s Fournette owner went on a week 17 heater to finish first in total points. Go figure
Sounds like the Jags May follow suit!I outright cut him on Sunday morning last week before the finals game, I didn’t want to see him on my roster.
To each their own but I thought looked pretty good his first 6 games last year before he got hurt and was just rarely healthy this year but when he was and the OL was fairly intact he looked good to me. Gus Edwards never has looked nearly as good to me as Fournette has looked when healthy. He might have character flaws, might need to be a better professional, I for sure seem some flaws with his play, but again I say he's had a lot of positives as well.As an idiot who took him with my 1st round pick at 8 this year, I watched him frequently this season - he looked every bit as bad as his stats.
My best comparison to him this year would be someone like a Gus Edwards, just less explosive.
On top of looking bad, he apparently has some character flaws.
If they succeed in pulling back the guarantees, this is a guy who is going to have to prove it on the field moving forward. Based on what I watched this year, I don’t know if he can.
Also being reported on Rotoworld....Might explain why he looked particularly disinterested today and why he looked so great in the Bills game and like poo when he got back from suspension:
https://www.news4jax.com/sports/ap-source-jaguars-void-fournette-s-contract-guarantees
A person familiar with the situation says the Jacksonville Jaguars have notified running back Leonard Fournette that his suspension late last month voided the remaining guarantees in his four-year rookie contract.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity Sunday night. The person said the Jaguars notified Fournette of the action weeks ago. Fournette could challenge the decision.
They had their window and missed it. It'll go down as one of the modern NFL's great ironies that they lost playing not to lose in the AFCCG, saw Philly take risks and play to win in the SB and beat that same Pats team. They then xerox that exact strategy in week 1 and look great beating the Pats, taking risks, pedal to the floor. Bortles playing with confidence. They then proceed to completely throw out that part of their playbook and revert to their stale, non-modern offense and stumble to 6-10 or whatever their record is.Is there a team that seems more at war with its own players? This Fournette drama, Ramsey making statements about how he won't be here in a few years, them benching Bortles when Kessler is clearly worse. Ironically it feels like the Mcadoo giants, where the talented roster was destroyed by toxic, inept coaching.
Did the same a decade ago with Jamal Lewis. He failed us and we didn't let him get a championship ring in 2008.I won my league, even with the Fournette mishap. James Conner was my LF replacement.
I outright cut him on Sunday morning last week before the finals game, I didn’t want to see him on my roster.
Tell me again what he did that was so bad? Yelling at a fan? Getting into a brawl, really?, looking disinterested on the bench? Come on, players have done far worse and didn't get cut. Is this an overreaction by the Jags and Caughlin? I'm more concerned about him gaining weight during the season.From a Jags beat writer answering reader comments on article he wrote about Fournette after the game, in case anyone needed further confirmation:
1. Cutting Fournette does not save face. It is worse than trading him because they receive nothing in return. At this point, though, they might not have a choice. Every team is now keenly aware that the Jaguars want to part ways with Fournette, between Coughlin's statement last night and then the AP report about voiding his remaining guarantees. So it's unlikely anyone will give up a pick when they could just wait for him to hit free agency. If they do find a trading partner, it would be for little value. A late-round conditional pick, perhaps.
I don't think he's done anything that bad myself but the Jags feel like he is unreliable, not professional, they feel like he took to long returning from his injury and gained weight while he was not playing. I think they are overreacting myself.Tell me again what he did that was so bad? Yelling at a fan? Getting into a brawl, really?, looking disinterested on the bench? Come on, players have done far worse and didn't get cut. Is this an overreaction by the Jags and Caughlin? I'm more concerned about him gaining weight during the season.
I agree. None of us know what this dude is like off the field and in the locker room. I'll back Coughlin on this one.I think Forunette is one of those ten cent head types. He's going to stupid himself right out of the league.
The gambling thing, the brawl, etc. do seem to support this. Got to wonder what is going on behind the scenes to make them remove his guaranteed money clause in his contract as well. On the surface that seems like a pretty ##### move after a single game suspension for fighting.I think Forunette is one of those ten cent head types. He's going to stupid himself right out of the league.
So trade a 4th for him and have him on a cheap contract is worse than getting into a bidding war for him? If anyone thinks he won’t get paid you’re crazy. The injury concerns are real but he’s still a big talent.From a Jags beat writer answering reader comments on article he wrote about Fournette after the game, in case anyone needed further confirmation:
1. Cutting Fournette does not save face. It is worse than trading him because they receive nothing in return. At this point, though, they might not have a choice. Every team is now keenly aware that the Jaguars want to part ways with Fournette, between Coughlin's statement last night and then the AP report about voiding his remaining guarantees. So it's unlikely anyone will give up a pick when they could just wait for him to hit free agency. If they do find a trading partner, it would be for little value. A late-round conditional pick, perhaps.
Agree, it's not a ploy and they know they won't be resigning Yeldon. This is part of, maybe most of, the reason they did the trade for Hyde.he's gone.no ploy. he'll be cut.Yeldon too.
Jaguars coach Doug Marrone said Leonard Fournette is "in a really good place" following a meeting with the running back last week.
"We had a good meeting," Marrone said. "I’m not going to speak for Leonard, but when he left that meeting … I think he’s in a really good place. That’s encouraging and I’m excited about that." Fournette was the subject of criticism by EVP Tom Coughlin following Week 17, leading to some speculation he would be moved this offseason. The running back reportedly "cleared the air" with Coughlin, however, and has now done the same with his head coach. Despite the kumbayas, the two sides still could still have some contentious moments in the next couple months after Fournette filed a formal challenge about the team voiding more than $7 million in guaranteed money in his rookie contract, a move reported by Pro Football Talk.
Source: jaguars.com
Jan 17 - 9:23 AM