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Leonard Fournette Scores First Pro TD, Says The NFL Is "Slower, Easy"

by Staff Reporter

August 11, 201738 Comments

Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports

Former LSU star running back and current Jacksonville Jaguars rookie scored his first professional touchdown on Thursday night.

Fournette, the No. 4 overall pick in the Draft, rushed for 31 yards on nine carries and scored on a 1-yard touchdown run.

After the game, the New Orleans native said the speed on the field was "slower" than he thought it would be and that it "was really easy." Per ESPN:

quote:
"It's a lot slower than I really thought," Fournette told NFL.com after the Jaguars' 31-24 victory over the New England Patriots on Thursday night. "That's how I've been since I first got into the NFL. A lot of people were like, 'It's going to be fast.' But by me playing in the SEC, that kind of helped me a lot.

"I think, to me, it was really easy."

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TigerB8•81 months

Come on Leonard...don't give anyone a reason to put a bullseye on your back. It's only preseason. Come regular season, you will be working for every yard.

TigerSpray•81 months

Or his knees.

PortHudsonPlaya•81 months

Comments really taken out of context. Meant playing in the SEC prepared him for the speed and made it not as big of a jump than it would've been. Dying media will do anything to create drama.

LSUfanNkaty•81 months

THIS

SG_Geaux•81 months

All is he saying is the transition was easy LOL

Hester Carries•81 months

He still has zero pro TDs so the headline is wrong.

LSU999•81 months

I hope I am wrong, but I think Leonard will struggle this year.

tigersbh•81 months

I don't think he'll have the best year because he doesn't have the best Oline in the world. Hopefully he will catch some screen passes to go along with the running.

reo45•81 months

Wow, he looks quick and freak.

tigerpawl•81 months

It looks like he got smaller. Wonder why?

Placebeaux•81 months

EASY-E

YellaPurp•81 months

setting himself up for failure all because of a preseason game against 2nd/3rd string scrubs

The Mick•81 months

9 carries for 31 yards ain't good Leonard. How easy was it?

OceanMan•81 months

both drives he was in, they scored. On his first drive he was given the ball 4 times in a row, and made a first down. On this play, he was given the ball 3 times in a row, and scored. Not sure what else you could ask of him in the snaps he played.

lsucoonass•81 months

Thats average

musick•81 months

We're talking about practice, Leonard.

sumtimeitbeslikedat•81 months

Careful what u say, buga! Pretty soon you'll have the likes of Matthews, Keuchle, and JJ squaring up on you instead of preseason scrubs. If u ain't careful, you'll get kilt! Them crazy boys take comments like that personal... and they don't forget.

SamuelClemens•81 months

Like a boss LF27

SamuelClemens•81 months

Like a boss LF27

philly444•81 months

Love the gif that's the first response lol

AustinKnight•81 months

Tap Tap Taparoo on the Break Break Breaky Breaks

rintintin•81 months

Y'all realize he meant it was an easier transition than he thought, not that the NFL is easy. Use some context folks.

TigerMan79•81 months

Context doesn't fit the narrative. #fakenews

lsucoonass•81 months

Obviously he meant the transition was easier than what he was expecting due to playing in the SEC

BigPerm30•81 months

GOAT LSU running back and Miles couldn't win with him. What a disgrace.

lsucoonass•81 months

Not like the jags will win with him either

Schmelly•81 months

Just leave out the fricking part where the writer tells you what the question was. frick context right? "No issue at all in the eyes of his head coach. But Fournette, who finished with 31 yards and a touchdown on nine carries, was more to the point when I asked him about the ever-present belief that it takes rookies time to adjust to the speed of the NFL."

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