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I tried not bringing it up more than once, but when people want to point out 4.3 ypc and his increased receptions and think he had good stats I have to point to it again. I believe the consensus among NFL experts is that LF isn't that good of a RB. Look, he was cut for a reason and when no one claims him today, that is also for a reason....all 4M of them. Teams don't think he's worth it.
For $20m you should have your heart in it personally regardless of what direction the franchise is heading. No one here would just tap out and half-### it at their job if the bottom line wasn't as good as everyone wanted, why would this be any different?
Kind of reminds me of when the Browns cut bait on Trent Richardson and everyone went through and listed off all the stupid stuff the Browns have done before.
Kind of like marrying a beautiful woman then realizing she is bat crazy (not saying TR or LF are bat crazy).
JAX is clearly tanking (a blind man can see that) and if no one claims him up that means nothing. If no one signs him at all, that would mean something.
Oh, I don't know, but when he goes unclaimed today it will show that no NFL team thinks he's worth 4M. I think a lot of fantasy owners saw this coming.
I''ll try and not do that going forward. I even said in my post I didn't like doing it, but some of the other stats were constantly being brought up as well. Please forgive me
I did. And so did everyone in my league. Hence why he's still on my roster.
He may not be totally worthless. I'm not saying he will, but he won't be (and isn't now) worth a 1st rd rookie pick, which was definitely his value before his release.....or at least that's what I saw him going for.
To each his own, but LF finished the year 6th in YFS last year . . . on a team that ranked 20th in YFS. He had 1 fumble in 341 touches. Sure, he barely got in the end zone. But his yards per touch was 4.9. Zeke Elliott was 5.0 (on a team that ranked #1 in YFS).
Obviously he lost value over this. If he lands right you could still get a 1st round rookie pick from some owner but im not selling if he does. Imagine if he lands in Pittsburgh. Conner gone after this year. Not great this year but set up nice for next season.
I couldn't get anything like that for him the entirety of last season and all the offseason.
Not to derail the thread or anything, but I'd also argue Elliott is one of the most overrated players in the NFL. I think you could plug 10-15 other RB's into his spot in Dallas, and they'd be as good or better. Frankly, if Zeke goes down, I think they'd barely miss him, with Pollard behind him. Elliott would be somewhere on the C area for me.
I don't really have strong feelings one way or another about Fournette, but amassing 341 touches in a season is a skill all of its own. Not every back gets in a great situation (strong OL, solid QB, lots of offensive weapons, good coordinator, top scoring offense, etc.). So LF could do better in a better situation . . . and other backs would likely have done worse with the Jaguars.
I don't think a better situation exists for Fournette, than a team willing to give 341 touches to a RB who isn't very good. I think those touches were about a team really trying to make their bad draft pick work, amidst going back and forth between a rookie QB, and another being injured.
You wouldn't be saying that if Leonard Fournette wasn't named Leonard Fournette.
That's not been my impression. I am on board with the idea that expectations of Fournette exceeded his actual skill set. But, there's a lot of real estate between that and he "sucked."
That's fine. I'm not asking for recapitulation of previously stated opinions to back up contemporary opinions. I disagree and think his play is a bit more nuanced and positive than what you've described..
He hasn't brought up the study that RB with high volume touches tend to continue having high volume touches.
If most teams don't feel like paying him $4M now (and next year as well), then he would not bring much in return for a compensatory pick (which also assumes whatever team loses LF doesn't sign other free agents that cancel out the loss of Fournette). If he accepted a contract from a new team as a FA in 2021 at $4M, based on the most recent compensatory pick awards, the team that signs him this year would earn a 7th round compensatory pick.
The volume not talent jab is just a typical editorial comment from whomever writes up the blurbs at Rotoworld. It would have been a lot more eye opening if someone from the team said it.
Hate to have to agree with the other posters but you seem to clearly have some sort of agenda here, at the very least your complete and utter disdain for the guy seems excessive and a bit irrational, making it hard to believe your posts are anything close to objective. 4Net living rent free in your head man...
That's a little bit much. Sorry if it comes across like I have something against Fournette, because I don't. This is just about fantasy football with me.
47 minutes ago, Anarchy99 said:
I suppose he will latch on with someone. Not sure if it will be after an injury or before.
I saw that he’s filing a grievance for his $4M salary, so probably unclaimed, right? Otherwise someone else would have picked up that salary he’s now fighting for?
