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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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SG_Geaux•103 months

All is he saying is the transition was easy LOL

PortHudsonPlaya•103 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•103 months

THIS

lsutigermall•103 months

The title of this article is completely misstated. It's not at all what he said... With all the preparation and advice, it was 'Slower and easier than he really thought it would be'. Respectable...

musick•103 months

We're talking about practice, Leonard.

YellaPurp•103 months

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

rintintin•103 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•103 months

Context doesn't fit the narrative. #fakenews

Hangover Haven•103 months

Easy Leonard, it's the first preseason game...

bamafan1001•103 months

Way to take what he said completely out of context

TigerB8•103 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•103 months

Or his knees.

sumtimeitbeslikedat•103 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.

Palm Beach Tiger•103 months

Good lord. He obviously is talking about the transition from the SEC to the NFL has been easy due to the competition he faced. Non-story

lsucoonass•103 months

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

The Mick•103 months

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

OceanMan•103 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•103 months

Thats average

Placebeaux•103 months

EASY-E

philly444•103 months

Love the gif that's the first response lol

Spankem•103 months

Some tards are going to take it as he said that the NFL is slow compared to the SEC which is not at all what he is saying. You know some defensive dude is going to try and light him up now just so he can say "how slow is it now?"

Spock's Eyebrow•103 months

The Heisman pose by any other name.

GurleyGirl•103 months

What a stupid thing for a rookie to say. Then again, why am I not surprised....

Schmelly•103 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."

tigerpawl•103 months

It looks like he got smaller. Wonder why?

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